After Life (1998)
- Original title
- ワンダフルライフ
- Directed by
- Hirokazu Koreeda
- Genre
- fantasy film, drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 286 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
After death, people arrive at a waystation where they are asked to choose one memory to keep for eternity. Staff help them sift through their lives and recreate the memory on film.
contemplativegentlepoignantquietreflectivetenderthought-provokingmelancholic
What happens
After Life, known in Japan as Wonderful Life (ワンダフルライフ, Wandafuru Raifu), is a 1998 Japanese film edited, written and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda starring Arata, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima, Sayaka Yoshino among other regarded cast members. It premiered on 11 September 1998 at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival and distributed in over 30 countries, bringing international recognition to Kore-eda's work. The film was also shown at the 1998 San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI prize "for its universal theme, its empathy for nostalgia and its homage to cinema as transcending life". The film received seven awards and eight nominations worldwide. In August 2021, The Criterion Collection announced a re-release of the film, in a 2K remaster together with interviews, deleted scenes, audio commentary and an essay by novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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