Last Quarter (2004)

Overview : Do you believe in love after death? On the eve of her 19th birthday, Mizuki (Kuriyama) doesn't have a lot to celebrate about. Her mother recently committed suicide, her stepfamily bothers her, her boyfriend has been cheating on her and her best friend has betrayed her. Hurt and disillusioned, Mizuki runs from everything and is drawn by some unknown force to a dilapidated estate. Deep within the house Mizuki discovers the mysterious Adam (Hyde), playing a hauntingly familiar melody on the guitar. Melancholy and full of secrets, it seems that Adam, and the house, have a strange, irresistible link to Mizuki. Can Mizuki's boyfriend and a couple of well-meaning schoolchildren uncover the secret of what happened 19 years ago and free Mizuki before the last quarter of the moon falls?

Release Date : September 25, 2004

Runtime : 112m

Genre : Drama, Romance, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy  

Companies : Office Crescendo, Space Shower Films, Shochiku, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, Itochu, Nippan Group Holdings, Big Shot Productions

Countries : Japan

Keywords : amnesia, melancholy, based on comic, romance, based on manga, mysterious, shôjo