Japan Synopsis
カケラ
The story of the relationship between a college student whose relationship with her boyfriend is going nowhere and a bisexual medical artist who makes prosthetic body parts. Haru is a college student ignored by her boyfriend yet believes she is still in love with him. One day at a café, Haru meets Riko, a medical artist (prosthetist) who creates body parts in order to disguise clients’ missing pieces, lost due to accident or disease. Both were alone, but struck up an immediate friendship and closeness. Riko doesn't care about gender when it comes to relationships, and believes that love itself is the most important thing a human can achieve. Haru struggles in her life between friendship and a deeper relationship with Riko.
The 2008–2010 Japan Window
386 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Kakera: A Piece of Our Life sits at position #354.
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The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kakera: A Piece of Our Life premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,332 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (5th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,874 of 1,933 (top 97%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Zero Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 47m |
| Release Date | October 7, 2009 |
| IMDb | tt1512184 |