A person in charge of “Belonging” appears before people whose lives have ended and tells them, “Do you have any regrets in this world? If you have, you can become an object and return there.” A wife decides to become her husband’s favorite mug, a boy becomes his favorite blue jungle gym, a grandmother becomes the camera that she gave to her grandson, and a mother becomes rosin that is used in a baseball game so that she can watch her son pitch in the game. At the very end of their lives, they spend time with their loved ones as objects.
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Cast
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Tsumugi Hashimoto
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Umeno Uno
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Demon City
Miyu Ogawa
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A Girl Missing
Azusa Nakazawa
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Dare to Stop Us
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Yoshiyuki Shibata
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Blade of the Immortal
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Yasumi Yoko
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Our Little Sister
Kyoko Koizumi
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Maki Isonishi
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Kahori Higashi Director · Naoko Higashi Author Tomoya Hatake Production designer
United States release March 22, 2025 · Produced in Japan · Original title とりつくしま
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Japan
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Languages
Original title
とりつくしま
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Germany · May 31, 2024
Premiere · Nippon Connection Film Festival
Japan · September 6, 2024
Theatrical
United States · March 22, 2025
Premiere · Asian Pop-Up Cinema
Taiwan
August 23, 2025 · Premiere · Taoyuan Film Festival
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