We Couldn't Become Adults

Here's a film about the particular sting of nostalgia. A hapless man in his forties reflects on romances gone by, prompted by a blast from the past on social media. The heart wants what it wants, even if that's a wistful wallow.

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Yoshihiro Mori directed We Couldn't Become Adults in 2021. See Yoshihiro Mori's full filmography, where to start with Yoshihiro Mori, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yoshihiro Mori.

We Couldn't Become Adults was released in 2021 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 124 minutes.