At October’s Busan International Film Festival in South Korea, Netflix dominated the headlines as it premiered a number of upcoming films and TV shows.
Among the offerings was Beyond Goodbye, a Japanese drama series starring Kasumi Arimura and Kentaro Sakaguchi, which launches on the streaming platform this week. It tells the story of a young woman reunited with her lost love in the most bizarre and fantastical of circumstances.
“I want to believe that someone important to me could be reincarnated after they pass away,” Arimura tells the Post in an interview during the festival.
Born in 1993, the actress has become one of the most ubiquitous and recognisable female stars in the Japanese entertainment industry. She has already won two Japanese Academy Prizes, as well as numerous accolades for her work on the small screen.
In 2016, Arimura was named best newcomer by the Japanese Film Academy for her performance in Flying Colours, in which she plays a rebellious high school girl who is sent to a cram school.