The Breath (movie)
海ほおずき- User score: 5.5
- Production country: Japan, Taiwan
- Producer: Kaizo Hayashi
- Production companies: For Life Records Inc., Pony Canyon, Eizo Tanteisha, Atom Cinema
- Genre: Drama, Mystery
- Release date: 9/10/1995
- Run time: 138 min.
Movie description
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."