Life Back Then

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

Takahisa Zeze, Masashi Sada, Sachiko Tanaka

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Release date

19 November 2011

Ensemble

Cast

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  Masaki Okada

  Nagashima Kyohei

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  Nana Eikura

  Kubota Yuki

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  Tori Matsuzaka

  Shintaro Matsui

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  Shingo Tsurumi

  Huruta

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  Taizo Harada

  Sasho

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  Rei Dan

  Akane Okajima

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  Akira Emoto

  Masashi Inoue

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  Keisuke Horibe

  Minoru Oosawa

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  Yoshiko Miyazaki

  Michiko

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  Mitsuru Fukikoshi

  Nobusuke Nagashima

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  Shota Sometani

  Nobuo Yamaki

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  Kanji Tsuda

  Teacher Hagiwara