The Breath
(1995)
★ 7 IMDb · 3 votes
Year: 1995
Runtime: 138 мин
Country: Japan, Taiwan
Director: 林海象
Cast: 唐十郎, 原田芳雄, 倪淑君, 鰐淵晴子, T.C. Lin, Nana Tang
Plot
Haida, once a famous private detective, is now down and out and running out of reasons to live. One day, while engaging in a group volunteer project to clean up a river, he loses what's left of his will to live and lets the water carry him away. He ends up rescuing a drowning man who alters his view of life totally. Soon he gets a job investigating the mysterious disappearance of a student who sent her mother a cryptic letter, "Wait a bit, Mother. I'm sending my breath. It will arrive soon."