The Breath
MovieTitle | 海ほおずき |
User score | 5.5 |
Release date | Sep 10, 1995 |
Genre | Drama, Mystery |
Director | Kaizo Hayashi |
Production country | Japan, Taiwan |
Production companies | For Life Records Inc., Pony Canyon, Eizo Tanteisha, Atom Cinema |
Run time | 138 min. |
Haida, once a famous private detective, is now down and out and running out of reasons to live. One day, while engaging in a group volunteer project to clean up a river, he loses what's left of his will to live and lets the water carry him away. He ends up rescuing a drowning man who alters his view of life totally. Soon he gets a job investigating the mysterious disappearance of a student who sent her mother a cryptic letter, "Wait a bit, Mother. I'm sending my breath. It will arrive soon."