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Wandâfuru raifu (1998)

118 min  -  Drama | Fantasy  -   17 April 1999 (Japan)
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After death, people have just one week to choose only a memory to keep for eternity.

Director:

Hirokazu Koreeda
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Arata Arata ...
Takashi Mochizuki, counsellor
Erika Oda Erika Oda ...
Shiori Satonaka, trainee counsellor
Susumu Terajima Susumu Terajima ...
Satoru Kawashima, counsellor
Takashi Naitô Takashi Naitô ...
Takuro Sugie, counsellor
Kyôko Kagawa Kyôko Kagawa ...
Kyoko Watanabe, Ichiro's Wife
Kei Tani Kei Tani ...
Kennosuke Nakamura, boss
Taketoshi Naitô Taketoshi Naitô ...
Ichiro Watanabe, who cannot choose his favourite experience
Tôru Yuri Tôru Yuri ...
Gisuke Shoda, who talks about sex
Yûsuke Iseya Yûsuke Iseya ...
Yusuke Iseya, who refuses to choose his experience
Sayaka Yoshino Sayaka Yoshino ...
Kana Yoshino, talks about Disneyland
Kazuko Shirakawa Kazuko Shirakawa ...
Nobuko Amano, who talks about her affair with a married man
Kotaro Shiga Kotaro Shiga ...
Kenji Yamamoto, who wants to forget his past
Hisako Hara Hisako Hara ...
Kiyo Nishimura, old lady who loves cherry blossoms
Sadao Abe Sadao Abe ...
Ichiro (as young man)
Natsuo Ishidô Natsuo Ishidô ...
Kyoko Watanabe as a young woman
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Storyline

After people die, they spend a week with counselors, also dead, who help them pick one memory, the only memory they can take to eternity. They describe the memory to the staff who work with a crew to film it and screen it at week's end; eternity follows. 22 dead arrive that week, assigned to three counselors and a trainee. One old man cannot find a memory, so he watches videotape of his life. Others pick their memory quickly, and the film crew gets right to work. The trainee, 18-year-old Shiori, helps a teenage girl choose a memory other than Disneyland. The youthful staff have a secret and feelings, too, which play out, especially Shiori's affection for her mentor, Mochizuki Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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Memory | Eternity | Videotape | Disneyland | Heaven  | See more »

Taglines:

What is the one memory you would take with you?

Genres:

Drama | Fantasy

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

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Also Known As:

After Life See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$11,791 (USA) (16 May 1999) (1 Screen)

Gross:

$801,985 (USA) (26 March 2000)
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Brazil:  | Argentina:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Trivia

Was released on DVD in France in 2010, 11 years after its 1999 theatrical release in the country. See more »

Connections

References Rebecca (1940) See more »