Plots(1)
Mirai Takatsuki is a seemingly normal teenager, but when he was a child his life was saved from a terrible illness thanks to magnanimous donations from the local community that paid for his medical bills. Ongoing media attention and the pressure to excel have prompted Mirai to have suicidal tendencies. Urged on by mysterious and threatening text messages he sets off on a life changing quest to repay the kindness bestowed on him and find out his life’s true meaning. This unpredictable and innovative film reverses the terminal illness genre into a novel and illuminating coming of age road movie. (New York Asian Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Anna Yamada
Japan
Best movies:
Mountain Woman (2022)
Golden Kamuy (2024)
Liverleaf (2018)
Naomi Nishida
Japan
Best movies:
The Longest Night in Shanghai (2007)
Wood Job! (2014)
The Chef of South Polar (2009)
Tarō Suwa
Japan
Best movies:
Fear and Trembling (2003)
Be Sure to Share (2009)
Cold Fish (2010)
Ayumu Mochizuki
Japan
Mutsuo Yoshioka
Japan
Best movies:
Man, Woman & the Wall (2006)
The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai (2003)
Underwater Love (2011)
Satoru Matsuo
Japan
Best movies:
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (2008)
Virgin Snow (2007)
The Land of Hope (2012)
Sumire Ashina
Japan
森岡龍
Japan
Best movies:
The Great Passage (2013)
Suspect X (2008)
Happy Flight (2008)
水澤紳吾
Japan
Best movies:
Samurai Cat (2014)
Junko Emoto
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Otakus in Love (2004)
Strange Circus (2005)
Yoshinori Itō
Japan
Best movies:
Bunny Drop (2011)
Survival Family (2017)
Mother (2020)