The Case of Hana & Alice
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The Case of Hana & Alice is a 2015 Japanese rotoscoped animated mystery film directed by Shunji Iwai that serves as a prequel to his live-action film Hana and Alice.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Case of Hana & Alice canonical | 3 |
| Hana and Alice series | 1 |
| Hana to Alice: Satsujin Jiken | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13146117 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Case of Hana & Alice Context triple: [Kengo Kora, notableWork, The Case of Hana & Alice]
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A.
The Girl in the Café
The Girl in the Café is a 2005 British television film that blends a quiet romantic story with sharp political commentary about global poverty and the G8 summit.
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B.
Courts of the Missing
Courts of the Missing is a memorial at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific that honors U.S. service members who went missing in action or were lost at sea in 20th-century conflicts.
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C.
The Girl in His House
The Girl in His House is a silent-era American film best known today for featuring actor Cullen Landis in a prominent role.
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D.
The Hummingbird Project
The Hummingbird Project is a 2018 techno-thriller film about high-frequency trading and the race to build a faster fiber-optic cable line, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, and Salma Hayek.
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E.
Paama
Paama is an Oceanic language spoken primarily on Paama Island in central Vanuatu.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Case of Hana & Alice Target entity description: The Case of Hana & Alice is a 2015 Japanese rotoscoped animated mystery film directed by Shunji Iwai that serves as a prequel to his live-action film Hana and Alice.
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A.
The Girl in the Café
The Girl in the Café is a 2005 British television film that blends a quiet romantic story with sharp political commentary about global poverty and the G8 summit.
-
B.
Courts of the Missing
Courts of the Missing is a memorial at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific that honors U.S. service members who went missing in action or were lost at sea in 20th-century conflicts.
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C.
The Girl in His House
The Girl in His House is a silent-era American film best known today for featuring actor Cullen Landis in a prominent role.
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D.
The Hummingbird Project
The Hummingbird Project is a 2018 techno-thriller film about high-frequency trading and the race to build a faster fiber-optic cable line, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, and Salma Hayek.
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E.
Paama
Paama is an Oceanic language spoken primarily on Paama Island in central Vanuatu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese animated film
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mystery film ⓘ prequel film ⓘ rotoscoped animated film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hana to Alice: Satsujin Jiken
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linked to:
The Case of Hana & Alice
|
| animationTechnique | rotoscoping ⓘ |
| basedOn | Hana and Alice ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| director | Shunji Iwai ⓘ |
| directorOfPhotography | Noboru Shinoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Toho ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alice Arisugawa
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Tetsuko "Hana" Arisugawa ⓘ |
| genre |
animation
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drama ⓘ mystery ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Japan
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high school ⓘ |
| isPrequelOf | Hana and Alice ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alice Arisugawa
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Tetsuko "Hana" Arisugawa ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Shunji Iwai ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | feature film ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hana and Alice series
ⓘ
linked to:
The Case of Hana & Alice
|
| producer | Shunji Iwai ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 100 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Shunji Iwai ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| title | The Case of Hana & Alice ⓘ |
| writer | Shunji Iwai ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Case of Hana & Alice Description of subject: The Case of Hana & Alice is a 2015 Japanese rotoscoped animated mystery film directed by Shunji Iwai that serves as a prequel to his live-action film Hana and Alice.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Case of Hana & Alice
linked to: The Case of Hana & Alice