There Was Such a Thing Before

There Was Such a Thing Before (2025)

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Summer of 2021, in Fukushima.

Time stands still in the silent streets of Fukushima. Radioactive residues continue to taint the lives of the citizens with a slow, invisible anxiety, trapping them between past wounds and future uncertainties. As his old home was highly exposed to radiation, leading to his mother’s death, young Akira grows up aimless and uprooted. In his search for his lost father, he is assisted by Yuji, the owner of a down-at-heels surfboard shop, as well as a concerned classmate, Shinichi, who becomes increasingly entangled in Akira’s story.

Date of release
2025-09-13
Runtime
2h 11m
Genres
Drama
Director
Yoshihiko Matsui

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