Japanese director Shinji Hamasaki first feature length film “Not Quite Dead Yet” is set for release on March 20, 2020. The comedy stars Suzu Hirose (“Laplace’s Witch”, “Chihayafuru Trilogy”) as a university student forced to try to resurrect her father, who died after a botched attempt to enter a two year slumber. A trailer for the production was recently made available, and can be viewed below.
Synopsis
Nanase Nobata (Suzu Hirose) is in the 4th grade at a university. She lives with her father Kei (Shinichi Tsutsumi). Her father is the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Nanase Nobata’s relationship with her father is not very good. One day, her father Kei drinks a drug which is supposed to make him die and come back to life 2 days later. He did this because he wants to figure out who is trying to steal from his company, but something goes wrong. Kei appears again as a ghost. Nanase tries to restore his life with help of Taku Matsuoka (Ryo Yoshizawa) who works at Kei’s pharmaceutical company. (Asianwiki)