End of the World

1995 1h 5m JA

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

Drama

Synopsis

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A fugitive man and woman (Kawase, Kawana) come to an island to retrieve their son (Iwasaki), who the woman has given to a foster family, but the son's foster parents are policemen (Ito)... The suspense surrounding the retrieval of the son is made unusual by the location shooting on the vast and desolate Miyakejima Island and leads to an allegorical drama about the essential desires of human beings. This was Kawase Yota's first appearance in a Zeze film, and he has since become a regular actor. The title of the film at the time of its first release was Sukebe Tenkomori.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yohta Kawase
Ryo Kaneda
Mai Kawana
Arisu
Yukiko Izumi
Noriko Motomiya
Takeshi Itō
Hiroshi Motomiya
Setsuhiko Kobayashi
Detective
Takahiro Hosoya
Arisu's lover
Makoto Iwasaki
Ku

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takahisa Zeze
Writers: Takahisa Zeze
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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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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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 Takahisa Zeze, shot by Masato Nakao. 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 Shōji Sakai 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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Yohta Kawase and Mai Kawana and Yukiko Izumi carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0293622 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Takahisa Zeze directs. Masato Nakao behind the camera. Shōji Sakai cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
231 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Takahisa Zeze, shot by Masato Nakao. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Shōji Sakai shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Yohta Kawase and Mai Kawana and Yukiko Izumi carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0293622 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.