The 8-Year Engagement

The film asks: can love survive a lengthy coma? Mai and Hisashi are set to marry, but she collapses into a coma shortly before the ceremony. Years later, she wakes up with no memory of him. It is a somewhat gruelling depiction of devotion.

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Takahisa Zeze directed The 8-Year Engagement in 2017. See Takahisa Zeze's full filmography, where to start with Takahisa Zeze, or where to go after you've seen everything by Takahisa Zeze.

The 8-Year Engagement was released in 2017 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 119 minutes.