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Release Year2015
Runtime0h 53m
LanguageJapanese
CertificationNR
Genres—
Votes1
DirectorKeiko Tsuruoka
WritersKeiko Tsuruoka
TypeFeature Film
Rating4.0 out of 10
Cast7 credited
Also Known AsA Light in the Distance
About A Light in the Distance
Mado wakes up in the morning finding all the people disappeared. Hearing a strong typhoon might strike, everyone has escaped the disaster. She checks her school, but no one is there. She meets her classmate, Fujii, unexpectedly. Fujii asks Mado to find a shelter together. He doesn't want to leave her alone. Both start looking around to see if anyone's left behind: An empty theatre, a movie is still running on the screen. A young girl stands by a desolated pool. A strip show theater with a retired stripper. An old man brushes his shoe in a bowling center continuously. Both guys search everywhere. And finally in the heavy rain, they find shelter in a factory. This is a factory where Mado's father had died in.
Directed by Keiko Tsuruoka, A Light in the Distance leans on a strong ensemble — Mariko Kobayashi, Naoya Shimizu, Kaori Takeshita — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 2015.
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