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There Was Such a Thing Before

Country: Japan, Language: Japanese, 130 mins

Original Title

Konna koto ga atta
  • Director: Yoshihiko Matsui
  • Writer: Yoshihiko Matsui
  • Producer: Toru Emori, Shoji Kubota

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In this quiet, enigmatic drama, Matsui Yoshihiko reflects on the toll of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in the lives of its townspeople. Time has passed since Akira lost his mother. Now, he sets off to find his father who works to decontaminate the region.


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Cast & Characters

Ôshirô Maeda (as Akira)
Airu Kubozuka (as Shinichi)
Arata Iura (as Atsuto)
Shûji Kashiwabara (as Mitsuo)
Taiga Yasugi (as Yuuji)
Kana Satouchi (as Kaori Hirose)
Yoshimasa Kondô (as Yasuhiro Katsumata)
Sôsuke Yamamoto
Kazuki Namioka