2022 · fantasy · drama · coming-of-age
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Directed by Keiichi Hara1h 56m2022
Shy outcast Kokoro has been avoiding school for weeks when she discovers a portal in her bedroom mirror. She reaches through and finds herself transported to an enchanting castle where she is joined by six other students. When a girl in a wolf mask explains that they have been invited to play a game, the teens must work together to uncover the mysterious connection that unites them. However, anyone who breaks the rules will be eaten by a wolf.
Our read: Lonely Castle in the Mirror (2022) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive fantasy · drama · coming-of-age entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured fantasy / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
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