Before We Vanish(HKAFF 2017)

After taking a long walk, Shinji returns home to his estranged wife, Narumi, with his memories wiped out. Meanwhile, a journalist investigating a gruesome murder is approached by Amano about meeting Akira, the teenage girl connected to the murders. Shinji, Amano and Akira have actually been taken over by alien beings on a reconnaissance mission to acquire human “concepts” before an invasion. Adapting the play by Maekawa Tomohiro, horror master Kurosawa Kiyoshi makes a foray into the alien invasion genre with this philosophical sci-fi thriller. Creating a prevailing feeling of dread with a slow-burn style, Kurosawa examines the qualities that make us human and how those very qualities may be the key to our salvation.