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Until the Break of Dawn
Feature Films
Running time
129 min
Screen Size
1:2.35
Japanese Theatrical Release
October 6th, 2012
Cast
Tori Matsuzaka, Kilin Kiki, Tatsuya Nakadai
Staff
Director & Screenplay: Yuichiro Hirakawa
Original Story: Mizuki Tsujimura (SHINCHOSHA Publishing Co., Ltd)
Music: Naoki Sato

The miracle occurs only once to grant the wish.

Introduction :

Who do you want to see again?

The Connector is--

Somebody who guides you to a deceased just once.

An intermediary that arranges a meeting between a living person and a dead person who the living person wants to see again. Rumors of the Connector have been told like an urban legend, and it is said that you can only find him if you know about his existence and if you believe in him. From there on, it's pure luck. If you are indeed lucky enough to find him, there are several rules for meeting with a deceased through the Connector.

[Rule 1] You can only meet with a deceased once in your life.

[Rule 2] The deceased can also only meet with a living person just once. And the request for the meeting may not be made by the deceased.

[Rule 3] The meeting can only be held during the night of a full moon until the break of dawn.

Story :

Have you heard of a rumor about a person who arranges a meeting between you and the dead?

The Connector that appears before skeptical requestors is an ordinary high school student, Ayumi. Hatada, a scornful middle-aged man, wishes to see his mother who died of cancer. Schoolgirl Arashi has a question she wants to ask her best friend, who she had a falling out with and died in a bicycle accident before they could make up. Businessman Tsuchiya continues to believe in and wait for his girlfriend, who disappeared right after he proposed to her. Ayumi, actually an apprentice Connector who is being trained by his grandmother starts questioning himself as he meets these people and arranges their meetings. Isn't it self-serving of the living person to want to meet with the deceased? Perhaps they're better off not seeing them. Will the living person really be saved by the meeting? Will it change their lives? And as for the deceased......

The doubts are soon directed towards the mysterious death of his own parents.