The Breath

Haida, once a famous private detective, is now down and out and running out of reasons to live. One day, while engaging in a group volunteer project to clean up a river, he loses what's left of his will to live and lets the water carry him away. He ends up rescuing a drowning man who alters his view of life totally. Soon he gets a job investigating the mysterious disappearance of a student who sent her mother a cryptic letter, "Wait a bit, Mother. I'm sending my breath. It will arrive soon."

Director: Kaizo Hayashi

Cast: Juro Kara, Yoshio Harada, Joyce Ni Shu-Chun, Haruko Wanibuchi, T.C. Lin, Nana Tang

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