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LIFE BACK THEN (ANTOKI NO INOCHI) (Past Film)
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Completed - JAPANESE - Drama - 131 minutes

Log Line

The director Takahisa ZEZE known for "Heven's Story" which won FIPRESCI prize and NTPAC prize at Berlinale 2011 sets out to picturaize the big hit novel "Antoki no Inochi", starring the impressive casts such as Nana EIKURA ("April Bride") and Masaki OKADA (Confessions, Villain, The Lightening Tree)!

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2011 (Debut)
  • Busan 2011 (Premiere)
  • Berlin EFM 2012 (Line up)
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Year of production : 2011

Director(s) : Takahisa ZEZE
Cast : Masaki OKADA, Nana EIKURA

Synopsis

The story starts when Kyohei Nagashima who has closed his mind after an event at high school happens to start working as a house cleaner for people who passed away alone. Despite his indifference about the job, society, or even life itself at the beginning, he gradually learns the meaning of life through facing life and death while cleaning houses where the dead used to live and where tons of belongings from their lives are left.

Production

Country(ies) : JAPAN

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