Our 30-Minute Sessions

"The story of our beginning given by "goodbye"."

2020 1h 54m JA

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★7.5TMDB · 32★6.5IMDB · 391

DramaFantasyRomanceMusicComedy

Synopsis

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College student Sota picks up a cassette tape left behind by musician Aki when he died a year ago. When the tape is played back, Aki takes over Sota's body for just 30 minutes. They share the same body and rush to reunite a band that split up and bring a smile to Aki's girlfriend Kana's face.

“The story of our beginning given by "goodbye".”

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Cast

Mackenyu
Aki Miyata
Takumi Kitamura
Sota Kubota
Sayu Kubota
Kana Murase
Shono Hayama
Kenta Yamashina
Shuhei Uesugi
Koki Shigeta
Sho Kiyohara
Ryosuke Mori
Riho Makise
Shinobu Murase
Michitaka Tsutsui
Shuichi Kubota

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kentaro Hagiwara
Writers: Satomi Oshima
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kentaro Hagiwara, shot by Keisuke Imamura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Mackenyu and Takumi Kitamura and Sayu Kubota carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The story of our beginning given by "goodbye".".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt10857048 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 32 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kentaro Hagiwara directs. Keisuke Imamura behind the camera. Kenichi Hirai cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 6 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Kentaro Hagiwara, shot by Keisuke Imamura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Kenichi Hirai shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Mackenyu and Takumi Kitamura and Sayu Kubota carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The story of our beginning given by "goodbye".".
7IMDB entry: tt10857048 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 32 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 9 themes, including "friendship", "musician", "body exchange", "music festival".