There Was Such a Thing Before (2025)

0.0/10 • 131 min • Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Oshirō Maeda

Airu Kubozuka

Arata Iura

Shuji Kashiwabara

Taiga Yasugi

Kana Satouchi

Yoshimasa Kondo

Yasuhiro Katsumata

Sousuke Yamamoto

Kazuki Namioka

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