After Life (film)
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After Life, known in Japan as Wonderful Life (ワンダフルライフ, Wandafuru Raifu), is a 1998 Japanese film edited, written, and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda starring Arata, Erika Oda and Susumu Terajima.[2] Premiered on 11 September 1998 at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival and distributed in over 30 countries, the film brought international recognition to Kore-eda's work.[4]
After Life | |
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Directed by | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
Written by | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
Produced by | Masayuki Akieda Shiho Sato |
Starring | Arata Erika Oda Susumu Terajima Sayaka Yoshino Takashi Naito Kei Tani |
Cinematography | Yutaka Yamazaki |
Edited by | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
Music by | Yasuhiro Kasamatsu |
Production companies | Engine Film TV Man Union |
Distributed by | Engine Film TV Man Union[1] |
Release dates | 11 September 1998 (Toronto Film Festival)[2] 17 April 1999 (Japan) |
Running time | 118 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | $801,985[3] |
The film was also shown at the 1998 San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI prize "for its universal theme, its empathy for nostalgia and its homage to cinema as transcending life". The film received seven awards and eight nominations worldwide.[5]
In August 2021,[6] The Criterion Collection announced a re-release of the film, in a 2K remaster together with interviews, deleted scenes, audio commentary and an essay by novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen.[7]