Yomigaeri

Yomigaeri (黄泉がえり) is a 2002 Japanese film directed by Akihiko Shiota that released theatrically on 18 January 2003.

It features Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (of the pop group SMAP) and Yuko Takeuchi in the lead role.

Set in the city of Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, the film begins with scenes of individuals immediately after they have experienced unexplained and mysterious resurrection.

One man and woman are uncovering long untouched musical instruments in a daze, and in one case a young boy finds himself alone in the forest, having suddenly reappeared after vanishing years earlier.

In the case of the young boy, his mother has grown into an old woman, in other circumstances a youthful wife has reappeared to rejoin a husband now well into middle age.