After Life

1998 film by Hirokazu Koreeda

Film · TMDB

7.2

On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.

Released: 1999-04-17118 minDir: Hirokazu Kore-edaFantasy, Drama

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Cast

Arata Iura as Takashi Mochizuki
Erika Oda as Shiori Satonaka
Susumu Terajima as Satoru Kawashima
Takashi Naito as Takuro Sugie
Kei Tani as Kennosuke Nakamura
Kyōko Kagawa as Kyoko Watanabe

Themes

airplane
grandparent grandchild relationship
cloud
heaven
old man
bell
teenage girl
memory
videotape
eternity

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Ratings

IMDb

7.6/10

15,691 votes

Year: 1998
Runtime: 119 min
Genres: Drama, Fantasy

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