There Was Such a Thing Before

"Summer of 2021, in Fukushima."

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.

Cast

Oshirō Maeda

Akira

Airu Kubozuka

Shinichi

Arata Iura

Atsuto

Shuji Kashiwabara

Mitsuo

Taiga Yasugi

Yuuji

Kana Satouchi

Kaori Hirose

Yoshimasa Kondo

Yasuhiro Katsumata

Sousuke Yamamoto

Kazuki Namioka