Their Distance

Their Distance (2016)

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Reon is a young Korean man. He avoids contact with other people and works as an apprentice shoemaker. One after, he sees a woman Sona passed out and sleeping on a bench in the park. Reon doesn't know why, but he can't get her out of his mind. Meanwhile, Kokaze works in the same shoe shop with Reon and has feelings for him.

Date of release
2016-01-09
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Romance
Director
Rikiya Imaizumi

Casting

Interesting facts

Their Distance , is a 2015 Japanese independent film written, edited, and directed by Rikiya Imaizumi, featuring the South Korean boy band NU'EST in their Japanese film debut. Their Distance stars Ren, Fumiko Aoyagi, Minhyun, Hanae Kan, JR, Haruka Kinami, and Tateto Serizawa. The plot is centered around different ideas of love, from generational to cultural, told in a nonlinear narrative switching from various days in April to illustrate the perspectives of all the characters. Part of the film is in spoken Korean, with the film using actors who were fluent in Korean.

Production

Filming for Their Distance took place in April 2015.

Their Distance premiered at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival on October 23, 2015. The film was later released to the public on January 9, 2016. Their Distance also competed for the Nippon Cinema Award at the 16th Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection. The theme song for the film is "Cherry" by NU'EST.

On March 14, 2016, Nikkatsu released Their Distance internationally in 200 countries with English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish subtitles on iTunes, Google Play, YouTube, and Vimeo.

The film was screened in South Korean theaters on September 14, 2017. Upon its release, the official trailer gained 1 million views in three days.

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