After Life (1999)
On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.
Director:
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Writer:
Hirokazu Kore-eda
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Arata Iura as Takashi Mochizuki |
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Erika Oda as Shiori Satonaka |
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Susumu Terajima as Satoru Kawashima |
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Takashi Naito as Takuro Sugie |
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Kei Tani as Kennosuke Nakamura |
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Kyōko Kagawa as Kyoko Watanabe |
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Tōru Yuri as Gisuke Shoda |
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Yūsuke Iseya as Yusuke Iseya |
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Sayaka Yoshino as Kana Yoshino |
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Kazuko Shirakawa as Nobuko Amano |
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Kotaro Shiga as Kenji Yamamoto |
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Hisako Hara as Kiyo Nishimura |
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Natsuo Ishido as Young Kyoko Watanabe |
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Akio Yokoyama as Security Guard |
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Taketoshi Naitō as Ichiro Watanabe |
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Sadao Abe as Young Watanabe |
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Tae Kimura as Dining Hall Worker |
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Miyako Yamaguchi as Dining Hall Worker |
| Production | Shiho Sato | Producer |
| Art | Hideo Gunji | Production Design |
| Production | Yutaka Shigenobu | Executive Producer |
| Art | Toshihiro Isomi | Production Design |
| Directing | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Director |
| Production | Masayuki Akieda | Producer |
| Sound | Yasuhiro Kasamatsu | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Editor |
| Camera | Yutaka Yamazaki | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Masayoshi Sukita | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Iwao Takahashi | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Screenplay |
| Sound | Osamu Takizawa | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Osamu Shiraishi | Production Manager |