His Lost Name
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Middle-aged widower Tetsuro finds an unconscious, homeless young man on the riverbank in his small seaside town. Offering him room in his home, Tetsuro and the man who calls himself Shinichi develop a father-son dynamic, despite the secrets that linger between them.
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Kaoru Kobayashi
Tetsuro
Known for
Princess Mononoke
THE DAYS
Yuya Yagira
Shinichi
Known for
Nobody Knows
Gannibal
YOUNG DAIS
Known for
Devilman Crybaby
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Tsunekichi Suzuki
Also in
Over the Fence
Pu
Keiko Horiuchi
Known for
I Give My First Love to You
A Story of Yonosuke
Hazuki Shimizu
Also in
Kantaro: The Sweet Tooth Salaryman
Afro Tanaka
Ryosuke Takei
Known for
Air Doll
Kaoru Iida
Also in
The Road to Red Restaurant List
Ow
Udai Iwasaki
Known for
House of Ninjas
Mika Takaki
Also in
Kuchisake-onna vs Kashima-san 2
Nanako Hirose Director · Tara Jane O'Neil Composer Tomomi Kikuchi Editor
First release October 5, 2018 · Produced in Japan · Production AOI Pro., The Asahi Shimbun
Production
BUN-BUKU
Production
AOI Pro.
Production
The Asahi Shimbun
Production
Japan
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Original title
夜明け
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
South Korea · October 5, 2018
Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
Japan · January 18, 2019
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Hong Kong SAR China
March 23, 2019 · Premiere
April 25, 2019 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 17, 2020 · Theatrical
Taiwan
July 24, 2020 · Theatrical
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