海ほおずき · 1995

The Breath

Kaizo Hayashi · 138 min · Japan

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."

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Production companies

For Life Records Inc., Pony Canyon, Eizo Tanteisha, Atom Cinema

Cast

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  Juro Kara

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  Yoshio Harada

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  Joyce Ni Shu-Chun

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  Haruko Wanibuchi

• T.C. Lin

• Nana Tang