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Be With You (いま、会いにゆきます, Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu), is a 2004 Japanese film based on Takuji Ichikawa's novel of the same title, directed by Nobuhiro Doi. It was released in Japan by Toho on October 30, 2004.

Be With You poster

“Be With You” poster

Basic information

Original title (Japanese): いま、会いにゆきます
Phonetic title: Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu
English title: Be With You
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Runtime: 119 minutes
Genre: Psychological film, Romantic film
Director: Nobuhiro Doi
Scriptwriter: Yoshikazu Okada
Original story: Takuji Ichikawa's novel of the same title
Producer: Hideyuki Honma
Distribution company: Toho
Release date: October 30, 2004

Plot

Yuuji is still a first-grade student, he is having a very hard time understanding what has happened to his mother and the fact that she won't be coming back.

At the very beginning of the first episode, the voice of the late mother (played by Mimura) is reading from a picture book that she wrote for Yuuji before she died. It is about a mother who dies, but promises to return when the rainy season comes. Yuuji believes in this story and thinks that his mother will come back when the rainy season comes. And surprisingly... she actually does.

When it begins raining on a June morning, Yuuji runs out into the forest to the special place where he used to play with his mother. His father, Takumi (played by Narimiya Hiroki) chases after him to get him to go to school. When they arrive at the old ruined building where they used to play, Yuuji's mother, Mio is waiting there completely alive and healthy, but she has no memory of them or anything that occurred during her life.

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