There Was Such a Thing Before

movie

Time stands still in the silent streets of Fukushima. Radioactive residues continue to taint the lives of the citizens with a slow, invisible anxiety, trapping them between past wounds and future uncertainties. As his old home was highly exposed to radiation, leading to his mother’s death, young Akira grows up aimless and uprooted. In his search for his lost father, he is assisted by Yuji, the owner of a down-at-heels surfboard shop, as well as a concerned classmate, Shinichi, who becomes increasingly entangled in Akira’s story.

Cast & crew

Kazuki Namioka · Sousuke Yamamoto · Yoshihiko Matsui · Oshirō Maeda · Airu Kubozuka · Yoshimasa Kondo · Shuji Kashiwabara · Kana Satouchi · Taiga Yasugi · Arata Iura