Parallel World Love Story (2019) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

2019 · 109 mins · Japanese

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Directed by

Yoshitaka Mori

Starring

Tomorowo Taguchi, Hiroya Shimizu, Riho Yoshioka, Shota Sometani, Yuta Tamamori, Mimura

Takashi Tsurug and Tomohiko Miwa, close friends and recent university graduates, begin working at a brain research company. Takashi is surprised when Tomohiko introduces him to Mayuko Tsuno as his girlfriend, a woman Takashi had admired from afar during his student days while commuting on the train. He then finds himself in an alternate reality where he is already in a happy relationship with Mayuko. However, as his friend Tomohiko mysteriously disappears, Takashi struggles to distinguish between his memories and what might be imagined, questioning the reality he knows.