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There Was Such a Thing Before

20252h 11mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorYoshihiko Matsui
WriterYoshihiko Matsui
ProducersShoji Kubota·EMORI Toru

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Cast · Directed by Yoshihiko Matsui

OMOshirō Maeda
Oshirō Maeda
Akira
AKAiru Kubozuka
Airu Kubozuka
Shinichi
AIArata Iura
Arata Iura
Atsuto
SKShuji Kashiwabara
Shuji Kashiwabara
Mitsuo
TYTaiga Yasugi
Taiga Yasugi
Yuuji
KSKana Satouchi
Kana Satouchi
Kaori Hirose
YKYoshimasa Kondo
Yoshimasa Kondo
Yasuhiro Katsumata
SYSousuke Yamamoto
Sousuke Yamamoto
KNKazuki Namioka
Kazuki Namioka

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