A small mid-20th century social-service-style office is a waystation for the souls of the recently deceased, where they are processed before entering their personal heaven - a single happy memory re-experienced for eternity. Every Monday, a new group of recently deceased people check in, and the "social workers" in the lodge explain their situation. Once the newly-dead have identified their happiest memories, workers design and replicate each person's chosen memory, which is ... (Full plot summary below)
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A small mid-20th century social-service-style office is a waystation for the souls of the recently deceased, where they are processed before entering their personal heaven - a single happy memory re-experienced for eternity. Every Monday, a new group of recently deceased people check in, and the "social workers" in the lodge explain their situation. Once the newly-dead have identified their happiest memories, workers design and replicate each person's chosen memory, which is staged and filmed. At the end of the week, the recently deceased watch the films of their recreated happiest memories in a screening room. As soon as each person sees his or her own memory, he or she vanishes to whatever state of existence lies beyond and takes only that single memory with them. The story pays most attention to two of the "counselors," Takashi (Arata) and Shiori (Oda). Takashi has been assigned to help an old man, Ichiro (played by Naito Taketoshi), select his memory. Reviewing videotape of Ichiro's life, Takashi learns that Ichiro had married Takashi's former fiancée after Takashi had been killed during World War II. Takashi has Ichiro assigned to another counselor, but is still troubled by his memories, causing both him and his quasi-romantic interest Shiori to re-examine their (after-) lives.
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| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatAn exquisite film about the after-life experience that lingers in the mind and in the senses for many days. |
| Patrick NabarroPJ NabarroIt is, quite simply, a stunning and meta-cinematically deft ode to the enduring properties of memories and sensations. |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsDonald J. LevitTo its own amateur band, this film's whimsical dance of death zeroes in on what is wonderful in life and the people who live it and, in death, stay on in memory. |
| Alternate EndingTim BraytonA wild daydream about what might happen to human souls after they die... mostly interested in the most basic, everyday kind of thoughts and feelings. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzAn affecting and unpredictable film that lingers on one's mind long after viewing. |
| Film Journal InternationalMaria GarciaHow people remember, how they fictionalize their memories, and the nature of memory itself are all part of the fascination of After Life. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid NusairA potentially intriguing concept undone by flawed execution. |
| User ReviewWeiwei Xa life changing movie. a must see. I only wish I can see this movie earlier in my life. |
| User ReviewKana Ssimple, subtle, yet powerful film. It gives you energy to live and meaning of life. |
| User ReviewDanny CYou will realize the most beautiful thing in life. |
