Name: Hakuchi
Genre: Adaptation, Fantasy
Released: 1999
Duration: 2 min 26 s
Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Miyako Koda, Reika Hashimoto, Masao Kusakari, Syunji Fujimura

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Cast & Crew

Film Details

Also Known As

Hakuchi: The Innocent, Innocent, The

Genre

Adaptation

Fantasy

Release Date

1999

Distribution Company

Shochiku-Fuji Company Ltd; Swift Productions

Technical Specs

Duration

2h 26m

Synopsis

In an alternate future, 1990s Japan is still embroiled in World War II, the conflict having raged for almost half a century. Decimated by daily bombings, the cities are rubble and the only skyscaper left standing is the Media Station, a TV production and broadcasting center which provides the country with its only source of escapism- entertainment. Working as a production assistant at the Media Station, Izawa lives alone in a poor neighborhood and contemplates suicide daily. His life begins to look a little less bleak, however, when he one day discovers his neighbor's wife, Sayo, hiding in his room. Sayo is also lonely and depressed and the two offer each other comfort in a world where daily bombings threaten that any day could be their last.