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65% Critic Match
Before We Vanish
“Don't let them into your head.”
6.5 / 10• 2017• 2h 9m•NR• Japanese
Science FictionDramaThriller
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Masami Nagasawa
Narumi Kase
Lead
Ryuhei Matsuda
Shinji Kase
Mahiro Takasugi
Amano
Yuri Tsunematsu
Akira Tachibana
Hiroki Hasegawa
Journalist Sakurai
Atsuko Maeda
Asumi Kase
Shinnosuke Mitsushima
Maruo
Masahiro Higashide
Pastor
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kiyoshi Kurosawa's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Before We Vanish is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
