Who Were We in theaters on May 31

Tetsuya Tomina‘s latest film had its premiere at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2023, a theatrical release date has been set for Japan on May 31. A new poster and a trailer are now available.

In addition to the two leads, Komatsu Nana and Matsuda Ryuhei, the cast includes Shinobu Otake, Chinosuke Kataoka, Shizuka Ishibashi, Min Tanaka, Yayako Uchida, Kaiji Moriyama, and Manjiro Tatsumi. Music score by Yojiro Noda from Radwimps.

Story: The story is set in a gold-mining town on Sado Island, Japan. A woman wakes up with no memory of her past. She is rescued by an elderly female cleaner named Kii. Kii takes her to a home that already houses two girls, Aka and Kuro. Unable to remember her name, the woman is given the name Midori. Midori and Kii start working together as cleaners at the gold mine. There, Midori meets a man who works as the night guard. He says he has no name nor memory of his past. Midori names him Ao. The two people who have no memory of their respective pasts become attracted to each other. The world they inhabit feels somewhat different from the normal world. Eventually, the true identity of Midori and the people in her life are unveiled. This film tells a story of life and death, dreams and reality, existence and its ambiguities (source: HKIFF)


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