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After Life, known in Japan as Wonderful Life (ワンダフルライフ, Wandafuru Raifu), is a 1998 Japanese film edited, written, and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda starring Arata, Erika Oda and Susumu Terajima. [1]
Apr 17, 1999 · After Life: Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. With Arata Iura, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Naitô. After death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.
- (14K)
- Drama, Fantasy
- Hirokazu Koreeda
- 1999-04-17
In this acclaimed Japanese film, a group of people who have recently died find themselves in a limbo realm resembling a relatively mundane building. Counselors, including Takashi (Arata) and...
- (35)
- Arata Iura
- Hirokazu Koreeda
- Drama
After Life’s high-concept premise is grounded in Kore‑eda’s documentary-like approach to the material, which he shaped through interviews with hundreds of Japanese citizens. What emerges is a panoramic vision of the human experience—its ephemeral joys and lingering regrets—and a quietly profound meditation on memory, our ...
- Takashi Mochizuki
Apr 15, 2022 · After Life’s high-concept premise is grounded in Kore‑eda’s documentary-like approach to the material, which he shaped through interviews with hundreds of Japanese citizens. What emerges is a panoramic vision of the human experience—its ephemeral joys and lingering regrets—and a quietly profound meditation on memory, our ...
- 119 min
Aug 6, 1999 · Kore-eda filmed hundreds of interviews with ordinary people in Japan. The faces on the screen are so alive, the characters seem to be recalling events they really lived through, in world of simplicity and wonder.
After Life. Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda • 1998 • Japan. Starring Arata, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima. If you could choose only one memory to hold on to for eternity, what would it be?
