The Breath
1995, Japanese. Directed by Kaizo Hayashi.
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."
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 10 September 1995
- Original title
- 海ほおずき
- Country
- Japan, Taiwan
- Written by
- Juro Kara
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The Breath runs 138 minutes (2h 18m).
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The Breath isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 September 1995. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Breath?
The Breath (1995) was directed by Kaizo Hayashi and stars Juro Kara, Yoshio Harada, Joyce Ni Shu-Chun.