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Nothing has changed, yet nothing is the same. That's what Sano feels when he returns with his best friend Miyata to the quiet Japanese coastal town where they stayed five years earlier. It was 2018 then, and it seemed like the two friends had all the time in the world. That is, until Sano met the cheerful young woman and his future wife Nagi in the hotel lobby. But Nagi passed away unexpectedly in her sleep. By returning to the place where they first met, Sano hopes to turn back time.

Keywords

  • Cine-Short: 90 Minutes of cinema
  • Film Fest Gent
  • Film Fest Gent !
  • Japanese Cinema
  • La Biennale di Venezia !
  • Love Story
  • LuxFilmFest
  • Mostra: The best from the previous years
  • San Sebastian Film Festival
  • mourning

Actors

  • Hiroki Sano
  • Yoshinori Miyata
  • Nairu Yamamoto
  • Hoang Nhu Quynh
  • Tomo Kasajima

Director

  • Igarashi Kohei

Drama


1h 34min


-12

JA


NL

FR

France
Japan
2025
Sano returns to the sleepy coastal village where he fell in love with his wife, Nagi, five years earlier.

Sano returns to the sleepy coastal village where he fell in love with his wife, Nagi, five years earlier.


Nothing has changed, yet nothing is the same. That's what Sano feels when he returns with his best friend Miyata to the quiet Japanese coastal town where they stayed five years earlier. It was 2018 then, and it seemed like the two friends had all the time in the world. That is, until Sano met the cheerful young woman and his future wife Nagi in the hotel lobby. But Nagi passed away unexpectedly in her sleep. By returning to the place where they first met, Sano hopes to turn back time.

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