After Life
A compassionate social‑services counselor must guide a queue of newly departed souls to pick the single memory they'll keep forever, all while racing against an unforgiving deadline that threatens to erase their identities.
“What is the one memory you would take with you?”
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On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors arrive at an old-fashioned social services office. Their responsibility is to interview the recently deceased, document their personal details, and, over the course of the week, help them select a single memory to retain for eternity.
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Edited by Hirokazu KoreedaShot by Masayoshi SukitaScored by Yasuhiro KasamatsuDesigned by Hideo Gunji
Also known as
- After Lifede
- Wandâfuru raifude
- After Lifeen
- Wandâfuru raifuen
- Wonderful Lifeen
- Afterlifees
- Wandāfuru raifuit
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Cast & Crew
18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Arata Iura
as Takashi Mochizuki, counselor
Erika Oda
as Shiori Satonaka, trainee counselor
Susumu Terajima
as Satoru Kawashima, counselor
Takashi Naito
as Takuro Sugie, counselor
Kyoko Kagawa
as Kyoko Watanabe, Ichiro's Wife
Kei Tani
as Kennosuke Nakamura, boss
Taketoshi Naito
as Ichiro Watanabe, who cannot choose his favourite experience
Toru Yuri
as Gisuke Shoda, who talks about sex
Yusuke Iseya
as Yusuke Iseya, who refuses to choose his experience
Sayaka Yoshino
as Kana Yoshino, talks about Disneyland
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