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After Life

Original title: Wandafuru raifu
  • 19981998
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
12K
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After Life (1998)
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  • Drama
  • Fantasy
After death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.After death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.After death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
12K
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  • Director
    • Hirokazu Koreeda
  • Writer
    • Hirokazu Koreeda
  • Stars
    • Arata Iura
    • Erika Oda
    • Susumu Terajima
Top credits
  • Director
    • Hirokazu Koreeda
  • Writer
    • Hirokazu Koreeda
  • Stars
    • Arata Iura
    • Erika Oda
    • Susumu Terajima
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 120User reviews
    • 51Critic reviews
    • 91Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 8 nominations

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    Trailer 2:01
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    Arata Iura
    • Takashi Mochizuki, counselor
    • (as Arata)
    Erika Oda
    • Shiori Satonaka, trainee counselor
    Susumu Terajima
    Susumu Terajima
    • Satoru Kawashima, counselor
    Takashi Naitô
    • Takuro Sugie, counselor
    Kyôko Kagawa
    Kyôko Kagawa
    • Kyoko Watanabe, Ichiro's Wife
    Kei Tani
    • Kennosuke Nakamura, boss
    Taketoshi Naitô
    Taketoshi Naitô
    • Ichiro Watanabe, who cannot choose his favourite experience
    Tôru Yuri
    • Gisuke Shoda, who talks about sex
    Yûsuke Iseya
    Yûsuke Iseya
    • Yusuke Iseya, who refuses to choose his experience
    Sayaka Yoshino
    • Kana Yoshino, talks about Disneyland
    Kazuko Shirakawa
    • Nobuko Amano, who talks about her affair with a married man
    Kôtarô Shiga
    • Kenji Yamamoto, who wants to forget his past
    Hisako Hara
    • Kiyo Nishimura, old lady who loves cherry blossoms
    Sadao Abe
    • Ichiro (as young man)
    Natsuo Ishidô
    • Kyoko Watanabe as a young woman
    Tomomi Hiraiwa
    • Receptionist
    Tae Kimura
    • Dining Hall Worker
    Yasuhiro Kasamatsu
    • Director
      • Hirokazu Koreeda
    • Writer
      • Hirokazu Koreeda
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Much of the action in After Life is shown as interviews conducted with the recently deceased regarding their lives. Some of these interviews were scripted, but many were done impromptu, with real people (not actors) reminiscing about their own lives.
    • Quotes

      Kenji Yamamoto, who wants to forget his past: Say I choose a memory, from when I was eight or ten years old. Then I'll only remember how I felt back then? I'll be able to forget everything else? Really? You can forget? Well, then that really is heaven.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Notting Hill/Besieged/Trekkies/Tea with Mussolini/After Life (1999)

    User reviews120

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Documentary like realism of people and their re-examination of their life
    The movie is told in such a way that the people coming in reveals themselves in such a way that they all realize that there is a part of themselves in which it is truly good, even if it is deeply buried. The way it is filmed, as if it is a documentary, provides the cunning realism that you would not ordinarily achieve in regular film. Even at the end, we discover the true reason one of the counselor stayed around instead of moving on. Truly a touching and thought provoking film. It will make you try to think for yourself which memory you would cherish forever, even if it is single one.
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    • lingmeister
    • Dec 8, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 17, 1999 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • La vida después de la muerte
    • Production companies
      • Engine Film
      • Sputnik Productions
      • TV Man Union
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $801,985
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $11,791
      • May 16, 1999
    • Gross worldwide
      • $801,985
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 59 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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