There Was Such a Thing Before
Summer of 2021, in Fukushima.
2025 · 2h 11m · N/A Drama
Overview
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.
Director and cast
More films
The Land of Hope (2012)
Drama
An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to explode. The residents must evacuate, but the family lives on a farm, with only half of the area designated as an evacuation area.
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Director
- Sion Sono
- Cast
- Isao Natsuyagi, Naoko Ohtani, Jun Murakami
The Day the Earth Moved (1997)
Animation · Drama · N/A
January 16, 1995. Tsuyoshi Takahashi, a young student at Shiokaze elementary, is driven solely to get excellent grades. Because of this he often ignores those around him in his pursuit of perfection. Miho, a young girl in his class that wishes he would appreciate the people around him. Kazu a sickly and bed ridden classmate that lives ...
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Director
- Toshio Goto
- Cast
- Keiko Takeshita, Tetsuya Okazaki, Tetsuo Sakaguchi
Homeland (2014)
Drama · N/A
Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. The entire village is abandoned after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, but Jiro returns there to live. Before long, members of his family come and join him.
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Director
- Nao Kubota
- Cast
- Kenichi Matsuyama, Seiyo Uchino, Yuko Tanaka
Lahar: Paraisong Abo (1997)
Drama · N/A
In the aftermath of the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, a volcano dormant for more than 400 years, the residents of the whole town of San Simon in Pampanga was engulfed by dust and thick mudflow called lahar. The whole surviving residents of the devastated community are relocated to transitional evacuation center, a tent city, where differ...
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Director
- Mel Chionglo
- Cast
- Tonton Gutierrez, Dawn Zulueta, Jaclyn Jose
Beyond the Hills (1960)
Drama · History · Thriller
On September 1, 1923, an unprecedented earthquake hit the Kanto region. The streets are filled with victims, and rumors are circulating around. The military seized the opportunity to round up and kill many socialists, anarchists, and Koreans, culminating in the arrest and murder of Sakae Osugi. His comrades and students are outraged by...
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Director
- Kiyoshi Komori
- Cast
- Shigeru Amachi, Noriko Kitazawa, Toshio Hosokawa
Comments
Talk about the film with other members