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The Empty Table
65%
Movie
2h 23m
AI Analysis
The Empty Table (1985) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Empty Table (1985) — a movie tagged as Drama with balanced tone moods and slow-burn pacing.
Story & themes: One year after the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths, all the other perpetrators' parents have either resigned from their professional positions or taken their own lives, Nobuyuki Kidoji remains adamant that he is not responsible for hi… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect slow-burn storytelling (~143 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Empty Table 65% (4 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
65%
from 4 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
One year after the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths, all the other perpetrators' parents have either resigned from their professional positions or taken their own lives, Nobuyuki Kidoji remains adamant that he is not responsible for his son's actions.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1985-11-01
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- TMDB rating
- 6.5
- TMDB ID
- 250045
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Is there an official trailer for The Empty Table?
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What is The Empty Table about?
One year after the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths, all the other perpetrators' parents have either resigned from ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Empty Table?
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How long is the movie The Empty Table?
The official runtime for The Empty Table is approximately 143 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai
Nobuyuki Kidoji

Mayumi Ogawa
Yumiko Kidoji

Kie Nakai
Tamae Kidoji

Kiichi Nakai
Otohiko Kidoji

Shinobu Otake
Miyoko Asano

Azusa Mano
Kanae Sawaki

Daisuke Ryū
Akira Sawaki

Takayuki Takemoto
Osamu Kidoji

Toru Masuoka

Asao Sano
- T
Toyoto Fukuda

Akiji Kobayashi

Torahiko Hamada

Tokuko Sugiyama

Tetsuko Kobayashi
- N
Natsuyo Kawakami
- K
Katsue Nitta
- Y
Yoshiko Maki
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