Taste and Tears (2025)
Bound by shared loneliness, Shinya and his classmate Yuka grow close while working on their school newspaper. But after a sudden incident, Yuka vanishes without a trace, leaving Shinya clinging to an unfulfilled promise. Thirty years later, long-buried truths about Yuka’s past finally surface, forcing Shinya to confront what was lost, and what remained unsaid.
Director: Hatsuki Yokoo
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Kento Nagao as Kazama Shinya |
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Ami Touma as Arai Yuka |
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Rintaro Mizusawa as Ishimura |
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Haruka Imou as Takanashi Moeka |
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Ryo Ikeda as Kota's father |
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Kentaro Tamura as Arai Kota |
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Yukiko Shinohara as Yuriko |
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Tamae Ando as Woman on the train |
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Machiko Ono as Arai Yuka [Adult] |
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Rie Mimura as Kazama Minami |
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Ken Yasuda as Kazama Kohei |
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Dean Fujioka as Kazama Shinya [Adult] |
| Writing | Akio Morisawa | Novel |
| Directing | Hatsuki Yokoo | Director |
| Editing | Masahide Kôra | Editor |
| Production | Asuka Matoba | Line Producer |
| Camera | Hironori Yamasaki | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Yoshifumi Kureishi | Sound |
| Production | Megumi Hoshino | Producer |
| Production | Manabu Shinoda | Post Production Producer |
| Sound | Uru | Theme Song Performance |
| Production | Yoshitaka Kamo | Co-Producer |
| Visual Effects | Shinya Saeki | VFX Supervisor |
| Sound | Natsuko Inoue | Sound Effects |
| Art | Kyoko Matsui | Decorator |
| Lighting | Koji Iwakiri | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hanaka Kikuchi | Costume Coordinator |
