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Arc

Arc

20216.62h 7m

Overview

Rina is living a nomadic existence when at age 19 she meets her mentor Ema and gets a job doing "BodyWerks," which preserves dead bodies just as they were while alive. Ema's brother Amane uses the technology to make immortality a reality. Rina gets the treatment and will live forever with her 30-year-old body.

Directed by Kei Ishikawa
Written by Ken Liu, Kei Ishikawa, Kaori Sawai
Produced by Makoto Kakurai, Haruhito Nakayoshi
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Top Cast

Kyoko Yoshine

Kyoko Yoshine

Rina

Shinobu Terajima

Shinobu Terajima

Ema

Masaki Okada

Masaki Okada

Amane

Kurumi Shimizu

Kurumi Shimizu

Kai Inowaki

Kai Inowaki

Sasaki

Tsubasa Nakagawa

Tsubasa Nakagawa

Amane (young)

Yuri Nakamura

Yuri Nakamura

Haru

Chieko Baisho

Chieko Baisho

Rina

Jun Fubuki

Jun Fubuki

Fumi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Rihito

Themes & Keywords

life and deathbased on novel or bookimmortality

About Arc

Arc is a science fiction, drama film released in 2021 exploring themes of life and death, based on novel or book, immortality. Directed by Kei Ishikawa, it stars Kyoko Yoshine, Shinobu Terajima, Masaki Okada. Rina is living a nomadic existence when at age 19 she meets her mentor Ema and gets a job doing "BodyWerks," which preserves dead bodies just as they were while alive. Ema's brother Amane uses the technology to make immortality a reality. Rina gets the treatment and will live forever with her 30-year-old body.

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