There Was Such a Thing Before
Summer of 2021, in Fukushima.
Time stands still in the silent streets of Fukushima. Radioactive residues continue to taint the lives of the citizens with a slow, invisible anxiety, trapping them between past wounds and future uncertainties. As his old home was highly exposed to radiation, leading to his mother’s death, young Akira grows up aimless and uprooted. In his search for his lost father, he is assisted by Yuji, the owner of a down-at-heels surfboard shop, as well as a concerned classmate, Shinichi, who becomes increasingly entangled in Akira’s story.
Directed by Yoshihiko Matsui · Written by Yoshihiko Matsui
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Cast
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Oshirō Maeda Akira -
Airu Kubozuka Shinichi -
Arata Iura Atsuto -
Shuji Kashiwabara Mitsuo -
Taiga Yasugi Yuuji -
Kana Satouchi Kaori Hirose -
Yoshimasa Kondo Yasuhiro Katsumata -
Sousuke Yamamoto -
Kazuki Namioka
Make it a double feature
4h 41m together
There Was Such a Thing Before
The Noisy Requiem
Both from Yoshihiko Matsui.
