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After Life
Variant Title:Wandafuru raifu ; Afterlife
Content:Feature Film
Available From:Cheng & Tsui Company
Facets Video
Media Type:DVD
Videocassette
Release Date:1998
Audience:Higher Education
Secondary Education
Running Time:118 min.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:Japanese with English Subtitles
Author:Directed by Koreeda Hirokazu
Resource Library Number:EAJDVD 33
Subject:Anthropology and Sociology
Subheading:Identity
Region:East Asia
Country:Japan



Abstract:

In Koreeda's thought-provoking vision, the newly deceased find themselves in a way station somewhere between Heaven and Earth. With the help of dedicated caseworkers, each soul is given three days to choose one cherished memory for their life that they will relive for eternity. As the film reveals, recognizing happiness and finding a life's worth of meaning in a single event is no simple task. With Arata, Oda Erika, Terajima Susumu, Naito Takashi




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