# After Life (1999)

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**Original title**: *ワンダフルライフ*
**Runtime**: 118 min
**Genres**: Fantasy, Drama
**Directed by**: Hirokazu Kore-eda
**Written by**: Hirokazu Kore-eda
**Starring**: Arata Iura, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Naito, Kei Tani, Kyōko Kagawa

> *What is the one memory you would take with you?*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Eternal paradise as a minimalist bureaucracy where the dead pick one memory to live with forever. Newly deceased souls face a weeklong selection process guided by clerks stuck between paperwork and eternity. Quietly profound, carried by hushed performances and the weight of small choices, it’s peak 90s Japanese humanism.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, slow-burn, tender

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