Without Memory

Story

Synopsis

A father loses his short-term memory as a result of a botched medical procedure, which causes him to develop Wernicke's Encephalopathy. Kore-eda chronicles his family’s fight to receive proper treatment and benefits from this devastating malpractice.

Director

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Writers

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Release date

28 December 1996

Ensemble

Cast

• Hiroshi Sekine

  Self

• Miwa Sekine

  Self

• Taku Sekine

  Self

• Yû Sekine

  Self

• Toshihiro Ôuchi

  Self

• Kazuto Yasuda

  Self

• Yukio Suzuki

  Self

• Hideo Sakata

  Self

• Nao Sekine

  Self

• 

  James Naughton

  Self - Narrator (voice: English version)

• Shigeru Honda

  Self (uncredited)

• 

  Hirokazu Kore-eda

  Self - Narrator (uncredited)