Drifting Home

"What is the secret hidden in the apartment complex?"

2022 2h 1m JA

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7.4

SOLID

★7.4TMDB · 362

AnimationFantasyAdventure

Synopsis

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One fateful summer, a group of elementary school kids set adrift on an abandoned apartment building must look within themselves to find a way back home.

“What is the secret hidden in the apartment complex?”

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Cast

Mutsumi Tamura
Kosuke Kumagaya (voice)
Asami Seto
Natsume Tonai (voice)
Ayumu Murase
Noppo (voice)
Daiki Yamashita
Yuzuru Tachibana (voice)
Yumiko Kobayashi
Taishi Koiwai (voice)
Inori Minase
Reina Haba (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
Juri Ando (voice)
Bin Shimada
Yasuji Kumagaya (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hiroyasu Ishida
Writers: Hiroyasu Ishida, Hayashi Mori, Yo Watanabe
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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CAST

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219+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hiroyasu Ishida, shot by Kei Machida. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Umitaro Abe. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Ryota Kinami 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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Mutsumi Tamura and Asami Seto and Ayumu Murase carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "What is the secret hidden in the apartment complex?".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt15494038 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hiroyasu Ishida directs. Kei Machida behind the camera. Umitaro Abe scores. Ryota Kinami cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 4 years ago.
2219+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
3Directed by Hiroyasu Ishida, shot by Kei Machida. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Umitaro Abe. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Ryota Kinami shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Mutsumi Tamura and Asami Seto and Ayumu Murase carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "What is the secret hidden in the apartment complex?".
8IMDB entry: tt15494038 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 13 themes, including "friendship", "supernatural", "coming of age", "slice of life".
10Released under 16 different titles around the world.