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Before We Vanish

Before We Vanish

Don't let them into your head.

20176.52h 9m

Overview

Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, journalist Sakurai covers the story of a family that was brutally murdered, when an unexplained phenomenon takes place.

Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Written by Tomohiro Maekawa, Sachiko Tanaka, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Produced by Nobuhiro Iizuka, Tomomi Takashima, Yoshinori Chiba
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Top Cast

Masami Nagasawa

Masami Nagasawa

Narumi Kase

Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

Shinji Kase

Mahiro Takasugi

Mahiro Takasugi

Amano

Yuri Tsunematsu

Yuri Tsunematsu

Akira Tachibana

Hiroki Hasegawa

Hiroki Hasegawa

Journalist Sakurai

Atsuko Maeda

Atsuko Maeda

Asumi Kase

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

Maruo

Masahiro Higashide

Masahiro Higashide

Pastor

Kazuya Kojima

Kazuya Kojima

Detective Kurumada

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Suzuki

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Themes & Keywords

journalistjapanhusband wife relationshipbased on play or musicalhusband wife estrangementinvestigative journalismpersonality changemysterious disappearancehusband wife conflictpersonality swap

About Before We Vanish

Before We Vanish is a science fiction, drama, thriller film released in 2017 exploring themes of journalist, japan, husband wife relationship, based on play or musical, husband wife estrangement, investigative journalism. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, it stars Masami Nagasawa, Ryuhei Matsuda, Mahiro Takasugi. Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, journalist Sakurai covers the story of a family that was brutally murdered, when an unexplained phenomenon takes place.

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