The Bond Stories: Connecting Hearts
2023, Japanese. Directed by Hiroyuki Fukuda & Teppei Isobe & Inudo Kazutoshi & Takeshi Sone.
Set across Japan's Tohoku region, five interconnected themes of love, friendship, grief and human resilience come to life in an anthology inspired by more than 14,000 real-life stories shared through an online community. A widower struggles with guilt and loss, two childhood friends revisit memories of the 2011 earthquake, a divorced woman confronts prejudice during the pandemic, a comedian grieves for his former partner, and an aspiring singer returns home after abandoning her dream. Together, their journeys explore the bonds that connect people through life's most difficult moments.
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 20 October 2023
- Original title
- 絆のものがたり ～心と心を結ぶもの～
- Written by
- Kazuo Nagai, Yûsuke Moriguchi, Motoki Nakamura
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Who directed The Bond Stories: Connecting Hearts?
The Bond Stories: Connecting Hearts (2023) was directed by Hiroyuki Fukuda and Teppei Isobe and Inudo Kazutoshi and Takeshi Sone and stars Yuya Matsuura, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Yumena Yanai.