“あの時、あの日、あの場所で、後悔のない人生を選ぶはずだった。”
一代で大企業を築き上げた寺沢一徳は、引退後、高齢者施設で孤独な日々を送っていた。唯一の慰めは、施設を訪れる学生ボランティアの山根明香。晩秋の夕暮れ、明香と散歩していた一徳は、自らの過去を打ち明け、明香のためにとあることを願うのだが…。
映画化された原作や関連書籍を読んで、映像との違いや独自の世界観を楽しみましょう。
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Kazunori built his life on deadlines, commitments, and business. So much business in fact, he earned the title “God of Management.” Now that he’s alone, in his eighties, he regrets not having stopped to smell the flowers, so to speak. His only happiness now is his volunteer nurse/companion, a twenty year old girl named Asuka. One day, out for a “walk,” they stop at a vantage point and look out at the vast and beautiful scenery. Asuka asks Kazunori about his life, and he reveals his regrets. She asks him to make a wish and she prays to God that it be granted. Suddenly, Kazunori “wakes up” as a twenty-year old young man on a college campus. Now he has his whole life ahead of him. He decides to forge ahead completely differently than he did before, not knowing whether or not destiny exists and if he really can alter the path of his life. “Before the Sunset” seems like a bit of a take on the “Before Sunrise” trilogy by filmmaker Richard Linklater but it does stand on it own and has a decidedly different culture’s take on life, love, repentance, and second thoughts. And so, it makes the viewer think and ask themselves “what if?” “Before the Sunset” is a sweet, romantic, and dramatic film with a likeable cast of characters and good actors.
