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Memories of Tomorrow

Original title: Ashita no kioku
  • 20062006
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
878
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Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
  • Drama
A successful businessman's family life is shattered by an early onset of Alzheimer's.A successful businessman's family life is shattered by an early onset of Alzheimer's.A successful businessman's family life is shattered by an early onset of Alzheimer's.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
878
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Yukihiko Tsutsumi
  • Writers
    • Hiroshi Ogiwara(novel)
    • Hakaru Sunamoto(screenplay)
    • Yuiko Miura(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ken Watanabe
    • Kanako Higuchi
    • Kenji Sakaguchi
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  • Director
    • Yukihiko Tsutsumi
  • Writers
    • Hiroshi Ogiwara(novel)
    • Hakaru Sunamoto(screenplay)
    • Yuiko Miura(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ken Watanabe
    • Kanako Higuchi
    • Kenji Sakaguchi
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    • 12User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 10 wins & 5 nominations

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    Ken Watanabe
    Ken Watanabe
    • Masayuki Saekias Masayuki Saeki
    Kanako Higuchi
    • Emiko Saekias Emiko Saeki
    Kenji Sakaguchi
    • Naoya Itoas Naoya Ito
    Kazue Fukiishi
    • Rie Saekias Rie Saeki
    Asami Mizukawa
    • Keiko Ikunoas Keiko Ikuno
    Noritake Kinashi
    Noritake Kinashi
    • Shigeyuki Kizakias Shigeyuki Kizaki
    Mitsuhiro Oikawa
    • Takehiro Yoshidaas Takehiro Yoshida
    Eri Watanabe
    • Kimiko Hamanoas Kimiko Hamano
    • (as Eriko Watanabe)
    Teruyuki Kagawa
    Teruyuki Kagawa
    • Atsushi Kawamuraas Atsushi Kawamura
    Hideji Ôtaki
    • Usaburou Sugawaraas Usaburou Sugawara
    Ken'ichi Endô
    Ken'ichi Endô
    Yoshihiko Hakamada
    Yoshihiko Hakamada
    Sô Hirosawa
    Isamu Ichikawa
    Hana Kino
    Kunihiro Matsumura
    Seiichi Tanabe
    Seiichi Tanabe
    Momoka Yamada
    • Director
      • Yukihiko Tsutsumi
    • Writers
      • Hiroshi Ogiwara(novel)
      • Hakaru Sunamoto(screenplay)
      • Yuiko Miura(screenplay)
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      Tokyo rhapsody
      Composed by Masao Koga

      Sung by Hideji Ôtaki with alternate lyrics

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    6/10
    Fragile memories with a bitter aftertaste
    If "Memories of Tomorrow" seems like "The Notebook," it's because the cinematic adaptation of a novel by Hiroshi Ogiwara deals with the dreaded Alzheimer's disease as it slowly eats away at Masayuki Saeki's (Ken Watanabe) memories and, therefore, life, a process foreshadowed by an image in its opening credits of buildings being constructed played in reverse such that they appear to be deconstructing. Yet the similarity with Nick Cassavetes' sudsy interpretation of Nicholas Sparks' novel end there, as director Yukihiko Tsutsumi, barring a manipulative second act, presents the film's first hour set in corporate Tokyo with such rhythmic precision and expert framing that the urgency of Masayuki's anger and panic over his gradual descent into senility is masterfully portrayed.

    A go-getting manager at a top ad agency, Masayuki, just a few months shy of his 50th birthday, has landed a major deal with a client and along with a doting wife Emiko (Kanako Haguchi) and a soon-to-be-married daughter Rie (Kazue Fukiishi), his life isn't just stable; it's an enviable accomplishment. Yet because he keeps on forgetting his clients' names, the highway exit to his daughter's house, and pretty much every trivial details in his life, he sees a doctor as Emiko suggests, where he learns that he suffers the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease.

    As typified by one sequence where Masayuki gets lost in Shibuya, Tsutsumi deftly captures his protagonist's mad dash effort to make sense of both his external and internal environment, be it finding his way to the office, or remembering where his marketing team sat during an Italian lunch, or contemplating whether to jump from a ledge upon his disease's confirmation. Tsustumi radically differs in pacing and tone during the latter half as -- after a cheery montage of Masayuki's newfound domestic life following his early retirement -- he deliberates on the emotional and psychological issues of Masayuki, who now removed from the daily stress of urban life, finds it hard to adjust. Insistently stating the fragility of the human mind and human relationships with recurring images of potteries, china wares and cups, Tsutsumi eventually leaves the film to simmer in a treacly syrup which, while admittedly touching, leaves a bitter aftertaste.
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    • Release date
      • May 13, 2006 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Japan)
      • Official site (United States)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • 明日的記憶
    • Production companies
      • Activist Artists Management
      • ROAR
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $140,200
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,524
      • May 20, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $17,696,020
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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