Summary
Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Drop-in friendly
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+10)
Critics 73Audiences 63GoodWatch 68
Tomatometer82%
Metascore64
Letterboxd · 10 K ratings3.4/5
User score6.7
IMDb6.2
Audience score52%
Running time
2 h 9 min
Longer than most sci-fi movies, +30 min on the typical 99
typical 99129Half of all sci-fi movies run 90–112 min.
Reach
Streams in 12 countries, rent or buy in 7 more
+2Released
2017
September 6, 2017
9 years ago
Genres
Science FictionDramaThrillerLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesModerate
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 11 more15 people
- Masami NagasawaNarumi Kase
- Ryuhei MatsudaShinji Kase
- Mahiro TakasugiAmano
- Yuri TsunematsuAkira Tachibana
- Hiroki HasegawaJournalist Sakurai
- Atsuko MaedaAsumi Kase
- Shinnosuke MitsushimaMaruo
- Masahiro HigashidePastor
Kazuya KojimaDetective Kurumada
Ken MitsuishiSuzuki
Takashi SasanoShinagawa
Kyoko KoizumiDoctor- SOSaki OhwadaWaitress
Soh MorishitaIkiume
Mutsuo YoshiokaDeranged Patient in the Hospital
Directing · 2
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa Director, Screenplay
- Takashi Kitano Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Sachiko Tanaka Screenplay
- Tomohiro Maekawa Theatre Play
Production · 6
- Yoshinori Chiba Producer
- Nobuhiro Iizuka Producer
- Takehiko Aoki Producer
- Tomomi Takashima Producer
- Daisuke Kadoya Producer
- Yumi Arakawa Producer
Camera · 1
- Akiko Ashizawa Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Kôichi Takahashi Editor
Sound · 1
- Yusuke Hayashi Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Norifumi Ataka Art Direction
- Tomoya Yamada Decorator
Visual Effects · 1
- Jun Yokoishi Visual Effects Director
Other crew · 1
- Yukari Yaginuma Script
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