There Was Such a Thing Before

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Oshirō Maeda Akira

Airu Kubozuka Shinichi

Arata Iura Atsuto

Shuji Kashiwabara Mitsuo

Taiga Yasugi Yuuji