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Before We Vanish (2017)
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Overview
Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, journalist Sakurai covers the story of a family that was brutally murdered, when an unexplained phenomenon takes place. Shinji Kase tells his wife that he came to Earth to invade.
Length 129 minutes
Actors
Masami Nagasawa | Ryuhei Matsuda | Mahiro Takasugi | Yuri Tsunematsu | Hiroki Hasegawa | Atsuko Maeda | Shinnosuke Mitsushima | Masahiro Higashide | Kazuya Kojima | Ken Mitsuishi | Takashi Sasano | Kyoko Koizumi | Saki Ohwada | Kaho | Shota Sometani | Adachi Tomomitsu
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/01/2019 | TV | DVD | Library | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
Finally getting to this. Would say that I am surprised but nothing Kurosawa does surprises me. This is a really fun film and I am totally charmed by it. Great set of actors for all the primary roles. Love Yuri as the badass Akira Tachibana. The kind of film that slowly informs the viewer as it goes along and yet the viewer still doesn’t know where it’s going.
The DVD release is one of those odd ones that doesn’t contain any menu so it just starts the film on load then stops the dvd when the film is over. I wouldn’t mind owning this if it had a better release (blu perhaps). It’s just the right kind of weird that I like from Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
I think this played Fantastic Fest? I know it was schedule for Cinepocalypse but was pulled.
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