One Night

Original title: Hitoyo

20192019
2h 3m

A mother and her three children find their fate thrown into chaos by an incident that happened one night. The family members each go their separate ways but reunite after 15 years and strugg... Read allA mother and her three children find their fate thrown into chaos by an incident that happened one night. The family members each go their separate ways but reunite after 15 years and struggle to restore their family bonds.A mother and her three children find their fate thrown into chaos by an incident that happened one night. The family members each go their separate ways but reunite after 15 years and struggle to restore their family bonds.

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Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations

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Trailer [OV]

Koharu's children are torn apart and live independent of one another. Years pass and the family reunites. They each have a story to tell. One was so affected he can not articulate himself well. Another is a writer, but is not working anywhere steadily. Another is a hostess at a club and entertains the guests. They have not forgotten what happened years ago. —aghaemi

hostess crying man police officer father son relationship father daughter relationship

Genres
- Drama
- Family
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
The film had its Canadian premiere at the Japanese Canadian Film Festival in Toronto in 2020.

Top review

6/10

Relationships can go wrong

Japan has a rigid social culture and based on that is the first premise of this story. A murder. Kind of an stigma in that society. Is alright to kill a "devil" in these modern "civilized" times? Can you set many persons free with that action? "Be all you can be" "Try to be free" "Now you have no fears to live your life" "Mom never lies" Those are some of the phrases that 3 of the main characters heard that night of the incident but somehow; mostly by the social weight, they could not use that to construct a better life for themselves but finishing those 15 years since that murder revolving around a pain that do not let them grow. In a limbo without a mourning. There are other back stories with the same relationship Parents/sons. Very simple addressed but direct and effective.

Society makes norms and sometimes you can feel guilty about your acts but in the end the feelings are there.

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