A Beautiful Star

Close Encounters if everyone's a little nuts. A family suddenly awakens to their cosmic origins, each "remembering" their home planet. Absurd deadpan satire of new-age navel-gazing, Japanese style.

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Daihachi Yoshida directed A Beautiful Star in 2017. See Daihachi Yoshida's full filmography, where to start with Daihachi Yoshida, or where to go after you've seen everything by Daihachi Yoshida.

A Beautiful Star was released in 2017 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 127 minutes.