# Without Memory (1996)

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**Original title**: *記憶が失われた時…〜ある家族の2年半の記録〜*
**Runtime**: 75 min
**Genres**: Documentary
**Directed by**: Hirokazu Kore-eda
**Written by**: Hirokazu Kore-eda
**Starring**: Hiroshi Sekine, Miwa Sekine, Taku Sekine, Yû Sekine, Toshihiro Ôuchi, Kazuto Yasuda

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

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

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