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Great Absence w/SLIP

W/ Slip
$28.99

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Label Vinegar Syndrome

When working actor Takashi receives a jarring call from the police, he is forced to reconnect with his estranged father of 20 years, Yohji — an esteemed academic slipping rapidly into dementia.  As Takashi attempts to piece together the mystery of Yohji’s missing wife and the fractured life his father now inhabits, their reunion uncovers long-buried tensions and unspoken grief, forcing Takashi to trace the past of his father that he has long refused to accept.

Unfolding as a meditation on loss — of time, identity, and familial closeness never fully grasped — Great Absence is a “delicately devastating” (Variety) award-winning drama from rising star director Kei Chikaura that navigates the fragile terrain of memory, estrangement, and the quiet devastations of aging.

directed by: Kei Chikaura
starring: Mirai Moriyama, Tatsuya Fuji, Yoko Maki, Hideko Hara
2023 / 133 min / 1.78:1 / Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Interview with director Kei Chikaura
  • Behind-the-scenes footage
  • 16-page booklet with essay by film critic Brian Tallerico
  • English subtitles

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