Distance is a 2001 movie by Japanese director Koreeda Hirokazu, starring Arata, Asano Tadanobu, Iseya Yusuke, Terajima Susumu, and Natsukawa Yui. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Hirokazu Koreeda (是枝裕和 Koreeda Hirokazu, born in 1962 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese film director. ... Arata (born September 15, 1974, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actor. ... Tadanobu Asano (浅野忠信 Asano Tadanobu) (born Tadanobu Sato on November 27, 1973 in Yokohama) is a charismatic and versatile Japanese actor who has been described by critics as that countrys answer to Johnny Depp. ... Yūsuke Iseya (伊勢谷 友介 Iseya Yūsuke) is a model and actor. ... Susumu Terajima (寺島進 Terajima Susumu, born 12 November 1963) is a Japanese actor. ...

Plot Summary

Members of a cult modelled on Aum Shinrikyo sabotage a city's water supply, then commit mass suicide near the shores of a lake. Family members (the credited cast minus Asano) of the perpetrators meet at the lake to observe the anniviersary of their loved ones' deaths. While there their car is stolen. They meet a former member of the cult who had trained for the water sabotage attack but defected last minute. He leads them to the cabin he's currently holed up in, where he and the deceased cult members had trained for the attack, and they pass the night reminiscing about those they'd known and lost, shown cinematically through improvised dialogues and flashbacks. Sakata, the surviving cult and last to see most of the departed alive, and Atsushi (Arata) interrogate one another about Yûko (played by actress/model Ryo), Atsushi's sister whom Sakata had asked to run away him the night before the attack, whom (it appears) neither really knew. In religion and sociology, a cult is a relatively small and cohesive group of people (often a new religious movement) devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture or society considers to be far outside the mainstream. ... Aum Shinrikyo (also spelled Om Shin Rikyo) was a Buddhist religious group based in Japan. ... Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The cover of a Victorias Secret catalog, a catalog known for its lingerie models. ... Ryō is a Japanese given name. ...