It has been announced that "After the Quake" (directed by Go Inoue), a film adaptation of a short story published by Haruki Murakami after the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, will be released on October 3rd. While sharing a story with the drama "After the Earthquake" that aired on NHK in April, new scenes linking the four main characters have been added and the film will be released with editing unique to the film version.
"After the Earthquake" is a dramatization of four stories from Murakami's collection of short stories "All God's Children Dance" (published in 2000), starring Masaki Okada, Yui Narumi, Watanabe Daichi, and Koichi Sato. The setting is not only 1995, but also 2025, depicting the 30 years of "after the earthquake" that continue into the "present". The director is Go Inoue, who has worked on popular dramas such as "Children of the Town" and the TV drama series "Amachan". The script was written by Oe Takayoshi, who also wrote "Drive My Car".
Director Inoue said, "The newly shot scenes, which were not in the TV version, act as the film's narrators. Episodes that are supposed to be from different time periods, people, and places connect and resonate like a circle as you watch the film. I hope we can deliver an experience that can only be experienced through film."
