Bungeishunju

Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanja at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.

In the late 1980s, the story unfolds in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan. Takkun, portrayed by Shota Matsuda, is a university student in Shizuoka who is on the hunt for employment….

Masaharu Fukuyama returns to his role from the 2008 film “Suspect X,” portraying the physicist-turned-detective Manabu Yukawa. The scientist-detective travels to a coastal town to participate in a panel discussion….