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THE MAN WHO FAILED TO DIE

SHINIZOKONATTA OTOKO

By Seiji TANAKA

COLORBIRD INC. - as SALES All rights, World

Fantasy - Completed 2024

From Seiji Tanaka, the award-winning newcomer director of 'Melancholic,' comes his explosive commercial debut!
A buddy revenge drama between 'the man who failed to die', saved by a train accident at the next station, and 'the ghost of the man who died'.

- Year of production
- 2024
- Genres
- Fantasy, Comedy
- Countries
- JAPAN
- Languages
- JAPANESE
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 109 mn
- Director(s)
- Seiji TANAKA
- Writer(s)
- Seiji TANAKA
- Cast
- Katamari MIZUKAWA, Erika KARATA, Yutaka KYAN, Miona HORI, Bokuzo MASANA
- Producer(s)
- Itaru FUJIMOTO (THE KLOCKWORX CO., LTD), Yasushi UTAGAWA (DUB INC.), Yusuke TAGUCHI (DUB INC.)
- Synopsis
- Comedy writer Ippei Sekiya decides to end his life one day on his way home, contemplating suicide by jumping in front of a train at a station platform. However, just as he is about to jump, a person is hit by a train at the next station, which makes him reconsider. In tribute to Tomohiro, the man who died instead of him, Ippei sneaks into Tomohiro's funeral. Upon returning home, he is confronted by the ghost of Tomohiro. Grateful that Ippei continues to live because of his death, Tomohiro makes an astonishing request: "Will you kill the man who is stalking my daughter Aya?”
  Driven by the persistent ghost, who vows to haunt him until the deed is done, Ippei begins to investigate the stalker. It turns out that the stalker is Aya's divorced ex-husband. Ippei, pretending it's a coincidence, helps Aya, who is being pursued by her ex-husband. Upon discovering that she enjoys comedy, he invites her to a live show featuring a comedian he manages. However, Ippei struggles to finalize a satisfactory script...
  As Ippei pleads for the revenge to wait until after the success of the live show, Tomohiro surprisingly offers ideas for the act. Through the process of creating the script, an unexpected friendship begins to blossom between Ippei and the ghost.