ONE SECOND AHEAD, ONE SECOND BEHIND

1秒先の彼

By Nobuhiro YAMASHITA

EMPHASIS VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED - as DISTR Airline, World

Romance - Completed 2023

30-year-old Hajime works in a small post office. Handsome, he attracts women yet his relationships never last. He plans a Sunday date with musician, Sakurako. But when Sunday inexplicably turns into Monday, the date never happens and he sets out to find the missing hours.

Festivals
& Awards

Busan IFF 2023
A Window on Asian Cinema
Taipei Film Festival 2023
Shanghai International Film Festival 2023
Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2023
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Romance, Comedy
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 120 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
    • Synopsis
    • Hajime (Okada) is a 30-year-old man who always lives one step ahead of the crowd. Living in Kyoto, he works behind the counter in a small post office. Handsome, he attracts women but for some reason his relationships never last. When he encounters street musician Sakurako (Fukumuro), her soulful songs win his heart and they plan a Sunday date.

      But that date never happens as Hajime seems to lose a day, with Sunday now inexplicably Monday. Learning the person who holds the key to the missing hours is a woman called Reika (Kiyohara), he sets off to Amanohashidate to find her…