
There Was Such a Thing Before
Drama
Overview
Time stands still in the silent streets of Fukushima. Radioactive residues continue to taint the lives of the citizens with a slow, invisible anxiety, trapping them between past wounds and future uncertainties. As his old home was highly exposed to radiation, leading to his mother’s death, young Akira grows up aimless and uprooted. In his search for his lost father, he is assisted by Yuji, the owner of a down-at-heels surfboard shop, as well as a concerned classmate, Shinichi, who becomes increasingly entangled in Akira’s story.
Top Cast


Oshirō Maeda
Oshirō Maeda
Akira
Oshirō Maeda
Akira


Airu Kubozuka
Airu Kubozuka
Shinichi
Airu Kubozuka
Shinichi


Arata Iura
Arata Iura
Atsuto
Arata Iura
Atsuto


Shuji Kashiwabara
Shuji Kashiwabara
Mitsuo
Shuji Kashiwabara
Mitsuo


Taiga Yasugi
Taiga Yasugi
Yuuji
Taiga Yasugi
Yuuji


Kana Satouchi
Kana Satouchi
Kaori Hirose
Kana Satouchi
Kaori Hirose


Yoshimasa Kondo
Yoshimasa Kondo
Yasuhiro Katsumata
Yoshimasa Kondo
Yasuhiro Katsumata


Sousuke Yamamoto
Sousuke Yamamoto
Sousuke Yamamoto


Kazuki Namioka
Kazuki Namioka
Kazuki Namioka
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