Trailer added for movie “Great Absence” starring Mirai Moriyama and Tatsuya Fuji. Movie is written and directed by Kei Chika-ura and held its world premiere last September at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. The film follows the relationship between a father and son who have not seen each other in 20 years. The main trailer begins with the voice from an emergency operator asking “Is it a crime? Is it an accident?” Tatsuya Fuji as Yohji replies “It’s a crime.”
“Great Absence” will be released July 12, 2024 in Japan.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: When Takashi (Mirai Moriyama) was little, he and his mother were abandoned by his father Yohji (Tatsuya Fuji). Now, Takashi is all grown up and he is married to Yuki (Yoko Maki). One day, Takashi receives a phone call from a police station in Kyushu that his father Yohji was arrested. Takashi and his wife Yuki travel to Kyushu to see his father. There, Takashi meets his father Yohji for the first time in 20 years. Yohji now has Alzheimer’s disease and he seems like a different person from the past. Yohji’s second wife Naomi (Hideko Hara) is also missing. Takashi begins to look into the past of his father Yohji and his stepmother Naomi.
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