Without Memory

Sadako and Mamiya meets The Thin Blue Line. A father’s memory resets every eight minutes after a botched surgery. Kore-eda watches the family navigate bureaucracy and grief with hushed precision, the father carrying the film forward like a metronome.

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Hirokazu Kore-eda directed Without Memory in 1996. See Hirokazu Kore-eda's full filmography, where to start with Hirokazu Kore-eda, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hirokazu Kore-eda.

Without Memory was released in 1996 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 75 minutes.