The Clone Returns Home
When astronaut Kohei Takehara dies in an accident in space, a clone is generated from his DNA as part of a government program designed to restore people killed in the line of duty. But the program is in its infancy, and in addition to the ethical questions that arise (does a clone have a soul?), there are some serious technical glitches. When the clone is brought to life, there is a malfunction with its memory—it has only the memories of Kohei’s childhood, and in particular of the drowning death of Kohei’s twin brother Noburu in a river, which sends the clone in search of its “home.” Part science fiction, part philosophical inquiry, and set against the backdrop of a futuristic dreamscape, The Clone Returns Home engages the defining issues of human experience: our relationships with people we love and those who die, and also with our former selves.
Sponsor:
Scarecrow Video
Cast & Crew
Director: Kanji Nakajima
Producer: Kiyoshi Inoue, Rie Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Tago
Editor: Ken Memita
Screenwriter: Kanji Nakajima
Cinematographer: Hideho Urata
Music: Yuta Yamashita
Principal Cast: Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Eri Ishida, Hiromi Nagasaku
Filmography: The Box (2002); Fe (1994)
World Sales: Gold View Co., Ltd.
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The Clone Returns Home, Jun 05, 2009
By tornadoZ
“In this visually alluring film, a young astronaut (w/ an identical twin brother who died when they were kids) is cloned by the government for "insurance" in case something happens to him on the job. Writer/director Kanji Nakajima's film presents interesting questions (if your partner suddenly died”
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Clone questions I'd never imagined, Jun 07, 2009
By seattlecris
“This film contrasted a stoic leader (who reminded me of Rod Serling) with an aware scientist who he had imprisoned. He alone could predict the clone's reaction and yet no one asked him or wanted to know. The film used the Japanese culture as a background to the intense questions it was posing. ”
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Exhausting, Jun 14, 2009
By jdanielscott
“The other two reviewers make valid points: 1- It was hard to stay awake. I found myself nodding off towards the long, drawn out end, and the comparison to Tarkovsky is legitimate 2-It goes on and on and on and on and on. In all fairness, it's beautifully filmed and the initial 60 minutes were”
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