There Was Such a Thing Before
“Summer of 2021, in Fukushima.”
2025•2h 11m•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Yoshihiko Matsui
Writer
Yoshihiko Matsui
Languages
Japanese
Cast
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
Production
Producer
Shoji Kubota
Producer
EMORI Toru
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