There Was Such a Thing Before (2025)
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 exposed to radiation, leading to his mother’s death, young Akira grows up aimless and uprooted. In his search for his lost father, he is assisted by Yuji, the owner of a down-at-heels surfboard shop, as well as a concerned classmate, Shinichi, who becomes increasingly entangled in Akira’s story.
Director: Yoshihiko Matsui
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Oshirō Maeda as Akira |
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Airu Kubozuka as Shinichi |
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Arata Iura as Atsuto |
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Shuji Kashiwabara as Mitsuo |
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Taiga Yasugi as Yuuji |
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Kana Satouchi as Kaori Hirose |
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Yoshimasa Kondo as Yasuhiro Katsumata |
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Sousuke Yamamoto as |
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Kazuki Namioka as |
| Directing | Yoshihiko Matsui | Director |
| Lighting | Masamichi Uwabo | Gaffer |
| Production | Shoji Kubota | Producer |
| Production | EMORI Toru | Producer |
| Production | Noboru Miyashita | Line Producer |
| Camera | Kenji Takama | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tomoharu Urata | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Kenichi Fujimoto | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Yoshihiko Matsui | Writer |
| Art | Kazuhisa Hatakeyama | Production Design |
