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In the Wake dir. ZEZE Takahisa, Japan 2021, 134 mins., Japanese with English subtitles
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A strange serial murder case unfolds in Sendai, nine years after the city was ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami: two social workers are found starved to death after being tied up and abandoned. Both were involved in the processing of welfare benefit claims after the disaster.
Prefectural investigator TOMASHINO (ABE Hiroshi) identifies TONE (SATOH Takeru), an ex-convict trying to rebuild his life after serving prison time for arson and assault, as a prime suspect in the case. But the evidence still doesn’t fully come together. If TOMASHINO is to solve this mystery, he must delve beyond the surface into the roots of the case and face truths about the 2011 disaster that will change the system forever.
Directed by ZEZE Takahisa (Tomorrow’s Dinner Table, JFTFP22; My Friend ‘A’, JFTFP19), In the Wake is a taut social thriller that probes into the meaning of responsibility and the reality of social injustice affecting those in need.
Prefectural investigator TOMASHINO (ABE Hiroshi) identifies TONE (SATOH Takeru), an ex-convict trying to rebuild his life after serving prison time for arson and assault, as a prime suspect in the case. But the evidence still doesn’t fully come together. If TOMASHINO is to solve this mystery, he must delve beyond the surface into the roots of the case and face truths about the 2011 disaster that will change the system forever.
Directed by ZEZE Takahisa (Tomorrow’s Dinner Table, JFTFP22; My Friend ‘A’, JFTFP19), In the Wake is a taut social thriller that probes into the meaning of responsibility and the reality of social injustice affecting those in need.
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Sat, 08 Feb 2025
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