The Breath

1995 2h 18m JA

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 3

DramaMystery

Synopsis

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Haida, once a famous private detective, is now down and out and running out of reasons to live. One day, while engaging in a group volunteer project to clean up a river, he loses what's left of his will to live and lets the water carry him away. He ends up rescuing a drowning man who alters his view of life totally. Soon he gets a job investigating the mysterious disappearance of a student who sent her mother a cryptic letter, "Wait a bit, Mother. I'm sending my breath. It will arrive soon."

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Juro Kara
Yoshio Harada
Joyce Ni Shu-Chun
Haruko Wanibuchi
T.C. Lin
Nana Tang

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kaizo Hayashi
Writers: Juro Kara
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan, Taiwan

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ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Japan, Taiwan.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kaizo Hayashi, shot by Yuichi Nagata. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Nobuko Tomita shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Juro Kara and Yoshio Harada and Joyce Ni Shu-Chun carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0114772 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Kaizo Hayashi directs. Yuichi Nagata behind the camera. Nobuko Tomita cuts. Produced in Japan, Taiwan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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131 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2International production across 2 countries: Japan, Taiwan.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Kaizo Hayashi, shot by Yuichi Nagata. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Nobuko Tomita shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Juro Kara and Yoshio Harada and Joyce Ni Shu-Chun carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0114772 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.