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Rating: 7 stars

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All movies seen on 07/22/2016

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Erased (2016)

Directed by Yuichiro Hirakawa

Thriller | Crime | Mystery

Overview

Struggling manga author Satoru Fujinuma is beset by his fear to express himself. However, he has a supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until the accident is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an accident that has him framed as a murderer. Desperate to save the victim, he sends himself back in time only to find himself as a grade-schooler one month before fellow classmate Kayo Hinazuki went missing. Satoru now embarks on a new quest: to save Kayo and solve the mystery behind her disappearance.

Length 120 minutes

Actors

Tatsuya Fujiwara | Kasumi Arimura | Yuriko Ishida | Tetta Sugimoto | Mitsuhiro Oikawa | Seiji Fukushi | Kanna Mori | Kento Hayashi | Tamae Andô | Yasushi Fuchikami | Tsutomu Takahashi | Rio Suzuki | Tsubasa Nakagawa | Ryoya Shinoda | Tatsuki Ishikawa | Shōta Taniguchi | Shunta Ito

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Watched on my flight to Japan. Better movie than the premise suggested with some crazy great children actors. The limp finale loses the momentum but still very good up that point.

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