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Maruyama, the Middle Schooler
53%
Movie
2h 0m
AI Analysis
Maruyama, the Middle Schooler (2013) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Maruyama, the Middle Schooler (2013) — a movie tagged as Comedy, Fantasy, and Drama with cozy, funny, and heartwarming moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Katsuya Maruyama is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi, a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma: he doesn't get along with the housewives in the apartment complex and doesn't appear to work. Through his encounter wi… Our models also surface themes such as family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for families with kids, family viewing, and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~120 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Maruyama, the Middle Schooler 53% (10 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
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from 10 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Katsuya Maruyama is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi, a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma: he doesn't get along with the housewives in the apartment complex and doesn't appear to work. Through his encounter with the mysterious single father, Katsuya grows as a person.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2013-04-18
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- TMDB rating
- 5.3
- TMDB ID
- 205224
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What is Maruyama, the Middle Schooler about?
Katsuya Maruyama is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi, a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Maruyama, the Middle Schooler?
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How long is the movie Maruyama, the Middle Schooler?
The official runtime for Maruyama, the Middle Schooler is approximately 120 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Tatsuo Shimoi
Takuma Hiraoka
Katsuya Maruyama
Yang Ik-june
Yuiko Kariya
Yuzuka Shimizu
Maki Sakai
Mizuki Maruyama
Toru Nakamura
Katsuyuki Maruyama
Sarutoki Minagawa
Hosono
Hiroki Miyake
Wrestling coach Umeda
YOU
Shimizu's mother
Kenji Endo
Inoue's grandfather
Fumina Hara
Miura
Ryo Iwamatsu
Nanami Nabemoto
Maho Nonami
Tomorowo Taguchi
Saito
- R
Rino Kobayashi
Hikaru Inoue
Miwako Shishido
Murata
Yusuke Shoji
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