Engine Film (1998)
Drama | Fantasy
Japan | Japanese | Color | 01:59
On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.
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Arata Iura | Takashi Mochizuki / counselor |
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Erika Oda | Shiori Satonaka / trainee counselor |
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Susumu Terajima | Satoru Kawashima / counselor |
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Takashi Naitô | Takuro Sugie / counselor |
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Kyôko Kagawa | Kyoko Watanabe / Ichiro's Wife |
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Kei Tani | Kennosuke Nakamura / boss |
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Taketoshi Naitô | Ichiro Watanabe / who cannot choose his favourite experience |
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Toru Yuri | Gisuke Shoda / who talks about sex |
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Yusuke Iseya | Yusuke Iseya / who refuses to choose his experience |
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Sayaka Yoshino | Kana Yoshino / talks about Disneyland |
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Kazuko Shirakawa | Nobuko Amano / who talks about her affair with a married man |
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Kotaro Shiga | Kenji Yamamoto / who wants to forget his past |
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Hisako Hara | Kiyo Nishimura / old lady who loves cherry blossoms |
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Sadao Abe | Ichiro (as young man) |
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Natsuo Ishido | Kyoko Watanabe as a young woman |
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Tomomi Hiraiwa | Receptionist |
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Tae Kimura | Dining Hall Worker |
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Yasuhiro Kasamatsu | |
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Akio Yokoyama | Security Guard |
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Miyako Yamaguchi | Dining Hall Worker |
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Kazuji Araki | Dead Man |
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Kunio Endo | Dead Man |
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Michi Okuma | Dead Woman |
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Shinichiro Okuno | Dead Man |
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Yoshitaka Kaneko | Dead Man |
| Director | Kore-eda Hirokazu |
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| Writer | Kore-eda Hirokazu | |
| Producer | Masayuki Akieda, Shiho Satô, Yutaka Shigenobu | |
| Musician | Yasuhiro Kasamatsu | |
| Photography | Masayoshi Sukita, Yutaka Yamazaki | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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