Canary (Kanaria) (2004)

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Synopsis

Dir: Akihiko Shiota. Japanese-language Drama. After a cult commits mass murder, a teen boy (Hôshi Ishida) raised by the cult is on the run, when he meets a teen girl (Mitsuki Tanimura) who has her own complexities.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of cursing and scatological slang
• Infrequent portrayals of weapons and hand-to-hand violence in the context of torture, including torture of children - some blood, some disturbing detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexually suggestive scenes involving child sex work - no nudity, little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol use in a recreational context - little detail

Thematic elements

• Coping with trauma
• Bonding through adversity

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for mature subject matter

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