Arc

Year: 2021

Runtime: 127 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Kei Ishikawa

DramaScience Fiction

In the near future, Rina leads a nomadic existence until she encounters Ema, who becomes her mentor. Rina finds work assisting Ema, performing a unique and poignant service: plasticizing the bodies of the deceased for grieving families. Simultaneously, Ema's younger brother, Amane, pioneers a groundbreaking technology promising immortality. Rina is chosen as the first test subject, granted eternal life while maintaining a youthful appearance, but faces unforeseen consequences.

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