Hanami vs Paths
Hanami has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.4/10 for Paths). Hanami is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h . Paths is the older of the two (1978 against 2025). Both are drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hanami
Paths| Hanami | Paths | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1978 |
| Length | 1h 36m | 2h |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy | Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Denise Fernandes | João César Monteiro |
| Main cast | Sanaya Andrade, Daílma Mendes, Alice Da Luz Gomes, Nha Nha Rodrigues, Yûta Nakano | João César Monteiro, Manuela de Freitas, Carmen Duarte, Virgilio Branco, Luís de Sousa Costa |
Synopsis
Hanami
On a remote volcanic island that everybody wants to leave, little Nana learns to stay. Her mother, Nia, went into exile right after she was born and Nana grows up in the family of her father. One day, the family learns that Nia is ill. Nana begins to develop high fevers and is sent to the foot of a volcano for treatment. There she encounters a world steeped in magical realism, between dreams and reality. Later, when Nana is a teenager, her…
Paths
Parallel tales of young couples desperately escaping cruel false fathers, each couple on the run across different regions of the country and during increasingly contemporary time periods.