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THE CLONE RETURNS HOME (CLONE WA KOKYO WO MEZASU)
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Completed - JAPANESE - Drama, Science-fiction - 110 minutes

Log Line

This is totally new form of art film focuses on life and death paradox due to clone technology taking a Japanesque perspective on family love, life and death. In a world ripe with occult-like silence and overwhelming visuals, the protagonist struggles with the lives he has taken as the souls of his

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2009 (Premiere)
Full history

Year of production : 2008

Director(s) : Kanji NAKAJIMA
Writer(s) : Kanji NAKAJIMA
Cast : Hiromi NAGASAKU, Kyusaku SHIMADA, Mitsuhiro OIKAWA, Rie ISHIDA, Toru SHINAGAWA

Producer(s) : Kiyoshi INOUE

Synopsis

Kohei TAKAHARA, an astronaut who dies in the line of duty, is legally resurrected as a clone; however, contrary to the scientists’ expectations, he reverts to his childhood memories when his twin brother drowned sacrificing his life for Kohei. Kohei’s clone discovers the body of his former self mistakenly believing that it is his deceased twin.
Relieving his tragic past, he sets off carrying his corpse body on a journey to the beautiful hometown where he lived twin his now dead mother. What shocking discovery will the second clone of Kohei make in the ruins of his hometown?

Production

Country(ies) : JAPAN


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