Life Back Then (2011)
Kyohei Nagashima (Masaki Okada) has shut away the world. During his high school days he was the target of bullying and experienced horrifying moments. Now as a young adult Kyohei takes a new job. He works for a company that specializes in cleaning out the homes of recently deceased individuals. With his new job Kyohei meets co-worker Yuki (Nana Eikura). Yuki has also experienced a traumatizing event as a teen and has also shut herself away from the world. These two young people form a bond as they go through the homes of the recently departed people. They gradually open up to each other and in the process to the world. Yet, their fragile psyches may or may not be ready for such changes ...
Director: Takahisa Zeze
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Masaki Okada as Nagashima Kyohei |
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Nana Eikura as Kubota Yuki |
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Tori Matsuzaka as Shintaro Matsui |
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Shingo Tsurumi as Huruta |
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Taizo Harada as Sasho |
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Rei Dan as Akane Okajima |
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Akira Emoto as Masashi Inoue |
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Keisuke Horibe as Minoru Oosawa |
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Yoshiko Miyazaki as Michiko |
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Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Nobusuke Nagashima |
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Shota Sometani as Nobuo Yamaki |
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Kanji Tsuda as Teacher Hagiwara |
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Yoriko Doguchi as |
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Makiko Watanabe as |
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TarÅ Suwa as |
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Taiga Nakano as |
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Yousuke Saito as |
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Junko Miyashita as |
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Noriko Eguchi as |
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Takuro Atsuki as |
| Directing | Takahisa Zeze | Director |
| Writing | Sachiko Tanaka | Writer |
| Writing | Takahisa Zeze | Writer |
| Production | Takashi Hirano | Producer |
| Production | Atsuyuki Shimoda | Producer |
| Writing | Masashi Sada | Novel |
| Sound | Takatsugu Muramatsu | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Atsuhiro Nabeshima | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jun'ichi Kikuchi | Editor |
| Art | Toshihiro Isomi | Production Design |
| Directing | Tatsuya Yoshimura | Assistant Director |
| Production | Hideharu Yamashita | Production Manager |
| Sound | Daigo Mizoguchi | Music Producer |
| Visual Effects | Masaru Tateishi | VFX Supervisor |
| Production | Shingo Sekine | Executive Producer |