Anticipation
2019, Japanese. Directed by Hidekazu Takahara.
Todo, an old wealthy man, is fascinated by the appearance of Sayumi walking in the graveyard in midsummer, holding the urn of his late mother. Sayumi, who doesn't know her father, longs for Todo like her father and begins to love him as a man. One day, Sayumi, invited by Todo to visit the villa, finds a portrait of Kazumi, a girl with pigtails that looks exactly like her. And the relationship between Todo and Sayumi begins to go crazy in an unexpected direction due to an uninvited guest who arrives on a stormy night.
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Anticipation is streaming on Film Movement Plus in India.
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- Released
- 6 April 2019
- Original title
- 焦燥
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Hideki Shishido, Hidekazu Takahara
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Anticipation runs 79 minutes (1h 19m).
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Anticipation is streaming on Film Movement Plus in India. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Anticipation?
Anticipation (2019) was directed by Hidekazu Takahara and stars Asuka Oda, Daisuke Ryū, Takashi Naha.