The Gift of Memory
The Gift of Memory
2016, Japanese. Directed by Isao Yukisada.
A college student works a part time job at a bookstore, and meets an older patron wearing a long coat who tells her that "the young are beautiful, but the old moreso". Shortly afterwards, a friend tells her of a suspicious person who has been following her mother. When she gets home, she finds her mother watching a high school film from decades ago, featuring her mother and father, as well as another boy they both seemed to get along with. On the path to find her mother's stalker, our heroine arrives at a second floor detective's office with her friend. Together, they tail the suspect in a car, but...
- Runtime
- 0h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 4 March 2016
- Original title
- うつくしいひと
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Isao Yukisada, Anne Horiizumi
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The Gift of Memory isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 March 2016. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Gift of Memory?
The Gift of Memory (2016) was directed by Isao Yukisada and stars Ai Hashimoto, Kengo Kora, Ryotaro Yonemura.