Far Away, Further Away

Far Away, Further Away

A woman meets a brokenhearted real estate agent and form a connection.

2022 · 107 min · ★ 1.0 · Drama

A marriage is weaker without something in common. Sayoko (SHINDO Manami) is a seemingly carefree woman but she hides doubts about her marriage behind her cheerful demeanour. After five years of being in Tokyo, it is apparent that she has little in common with her husband and so she begins scoping out apartments which is how she meets Yohei (YOSHIMURA Kaito), a real estate agent who is nursing a broken heart. As they tour properties, Sayoko's girlish charms work their magic on the downhearted man and she convinces him to look for the wife who abandoned him but their journey brings the two closer.

Directed by Shinji Imaoka · Written by Kishū Izuchi

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