The Asadas!

Here's a film about trying to make sense of tragedy, which is fair enough. A photographer starts taking posed family pictures in the wake of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. It's not clear whether this is for catharsis or art, but it certainly resulted in a movie.

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Ryota Nakano directed The Asadas! in 2020. See Ryota Nakano's full filmography, where to start with Ryota Nakano, or where to go after you've seen everything by Ryota Nakano.

The Asadas! was released in 2020 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 127 minutes.