A college student works a part time job at a bookstore, and meets an older patron wearing a long coat who tells her that "the young are beautiful, but the old moreso". Shortly afterwards, a friend tells her of a suspicious person who has been following her mother. When she gets home, she finds her mother watching a high school film from decades ago, featuring her mother and father, as well as another boy they both seemed to get along with. On the path to find her mother's stalker, our heroine arrives at a second floor detective's office with her friend. Together, they tail the suspect in a car, but...
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Ai Hashimoto
Known for
Confessions
Little Forest: Summer/Autumn
Kengo Kora
Known for
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Shin Godzilla
Isao Yukisada
Also in
Crime or Punishment?!?
Tsuyoshi Imai
Ryotaro Yonemura
Known for
The Land of Hope
Jun Fukumoto
Eri Ishida
Known for
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
Isao Yukisada Director · Anne Horiizumi Screenplay Jun Fukumoto Cinematographer
United States release August 18, 2018 · Produced in Japan · Original title うつくしいひと
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Japan
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Original title
うつくしいひと
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 4, 2016
Premiere · Kikuchi Film Festival
United States · August 18, 2018
Premiere · Japan Film Festival Los Angeles
Japan
September 20, 2016 · Premiere · Nara International Film Festival
October 27, 2016 · Premiere · Tokyo International Film Festival
June 2, 2018 · Physical · Double feature
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