Distance is a 2001 film by Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, starring Arata, Tadanobu Asano, Yūsuke Iseya, Susumu Terajima, and Yui Natsukawa.

Three years ago, members of a cult sabotaged Tokyo's water supply, killing hundreds and poisoning thousands, before committing mass suicide on the outskirts of town and having their ashes supposedly dispersed by a lake.

On the train ride back, Sakata asks Atsushi who he really is, saying that Yuko told him her brother had killed himself a few years before.

The film ends with Atsushi returning to the lake and dropping two flowers, one for his father, implied to be the cult leader, and one for his sister, while Sataka burns Yûko's family photos and memorabilia close by.

Kore-eda was originally interested in the disciples of Aum Shinrikyo, which had committed the Tokyo subway sarin attack.