Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #70. Hirokazu Koreeda’s After the Storm

After the Storm

Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Writer: Hirokazu Koreeda

Japanese auteur Hirokazu Koreeda wasted little time between premiering his 2015 title Our Little Sister at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival before moving onto his next feature, After the Storm. Like many of his other films, including the recent 2013 Like Father, Like Son (which has an English remake on the way from Chris and Paul Weitz), this latest seems to revolve around strained familial bonds and inevitable reunion. Hiroshi Abe stars as a once notable author who wastes his money earned as a private detective on gambling. While his mother and ex-wife seem to have moved on in their own directions following his death of his father, he attempts to reconnect with them and build a relationship with his son. The film is currently in post-production.

Cast: Hiroshi Abe, Kirin Kiki, Yoko Maki

Production Co./Producers: NA

U.S. Distributor: Rights available. TBD (domestic) Wild Bunch (international)

Release Date: With a theatrical release in Japan scheduled for late May, we assume Koreeda will be returning to the Croisette, though we hope his latest doesn’t seem as inconsequential as Our Little Sister.