# Beneath the Shadow (2019)

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**Original title**: *影裏*
**Runtime**: 134 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Keishi Otomo
**Written by**: Kaori Sawai
**Starring**: Go Ayano, Ryuhei Matsuda, Mariko Tsutsui, Tomoya Nakamura, Kinari Hirano, Jun Kunimura

> *He's the Only Man He Confides In.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

War drama without the battlefield. A pair offices drift into silence then Hiasa vanishes forcing Konno to hear what wasn’t spoken. The guilt walks in broad daylight.

**Mood tags**: gut-punch, slow-burn, tender

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