Hold Me Back
2020 · Movie · 133 min · ★ 6.4 · 95% critics
A 31-year-old woman enjoys her independent single life, guided by an inner voice that acts like a personal counselor when she’s unsure what to do. Her routine is shaken when she develops feelings for a younger salesperson, forcing her to rethink what she wants and how she makes choices.
Based on Watashi o Kuitomete
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Details
- Original title
- 私をくいとめて
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-12-18
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (49 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gentle, funny romance about self-talk and modern dating, with a relatable lead and small everyday stakes; Not for you if you need high drama or fast pacing like Wedding High.
Pros: witty inner dialogue; relatable dating jitters; light, warm tone | Cons: talky at times; low-stakes conflict; romance feels slow
Themes
- based on novel or book
Cast & crew
Non
as Mitsuko Kuroda
Kento Hayashi
as Tada
Asami Usuda
as Nozomi
Takuya Wakabayashi
as Carter
Hairi Katagiri
as Sawada
Ai Hashimoto
as Satsuki
Tomoya Nakamura
as A (voice)
- YG
Yuumi Goto
Maho Yamada
Tomoya Maeno
Directed by Akiko Ohku