There Was Such a Thing Before

(2025)

Genres: Drama

Year: 2025

Runtime: 131 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 松井良彦

Cast: 前田旺志郎, 窪塚愛流, Арата Иура, 柏原収史, Taiga Yasugi, Kana Satouchi, Йошимаса Кондо, 山本宗介, Кадзуки Намиока

Plot

Time stands still in the silent streets of Fukushima. Radioactive residues continue to taint the lives of the citizens with a slow, invisible anxiety, trapping them between past wounds and future uncertainties. As his old home was highly exposed to radiation, leading to his mother’s death, young Akira grows up aimless and uprooted. In his search for his lost father, he is assisted by Yuji, the owner of a down-at-heels surfboard shop, as well as a concerned classmate, Shinichi, who becomes increasingly entangled in Akira’s story.