Paradise Lost (2020)

パラダイス・ロスト

Drama marking the sixth feature film from poet-cum-director Fukuma Kenji. The film uses both fantasy and realism in exploring how to live after your dreams have been lost, through the life of a woman who has been widowed.In a lonely spot in the Tokyo suburbs a guy dies of a heart attack. His name is Shinya (Eto Shuhei) and he sold used books online. His wife (Wada Misa) reads the notebook he left behind, and every so often she feels his presence at her side.

Date of release

2020-03-20

Runtime

1h 46m

Director

Kenji Fukuma

Casting

• Misa Wada — Ayako Yamaguchi
• Tengo Azuma — Sho Takeda
• Shuhei Eto — Shinya Yamaguchi
• Saori Kohara — Yuki Sasaki
• Bunyo Kimura — Kohei Kawamura
• Manzo Shinra — Hirakazu Mori
• Shohei Uno — Kameda
• Yumeka Sasaki — Nobuyo Takeda

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