Film · 2025

After the Quake

132 min · Directed by Tsuyoshi Inoue

8.010
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Based on four of the six short stories compiled in Murakami Haruki's anthology, After the Quake explores the complex aftermath of Japan’s earthquakes and other global crises. (Movie version of the TV drama).

Cast

Masaki Okada

Komura

Ai Hashimoto

Mimei Komura

Yuki Izumisawa

Sasaki

Erika Karata

Kana Kita

Sasaki Keiko

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Yui Narumi

Junko

Kodai Kurosaki

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Daichi Watanabe

Zenya

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Soya Kurokawa

young Zenya

Mai Kiryu

Haruka Igawa

Koichi Sato

Ryo Nishikido

Mysterious Man

Kanji Tsuda

Katagiri

Non

Frog (voice)

Crew

Director: Tsuyoshi Inoue
Producer: Teruhisa Yamamoto, Kei Kurube
Writer: Takamasa Oe
Editor: Hiroyuki Ohba
Production Design: Seo Hyeon-Seon
Composer: Yoshihide Otomo

Details

Studios: Bitters End, NHK, Chiaroscuro
Countries: Japan
Languages: Japanese
Release: October 3, 2025

Themes

japanearthquakeanthologylonelinessbased on short story1990safter disasterpoison gastraumatic pasthuman connectionmetro trainsmagical realism

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