Erased
by Taku Kishimoto; dir. Tomohiko Itō (Fuji TV, 2016)
A sweet spec-fic exploration of how childhood experiences go towards shaping adult life—somewhat unbalanced in presenting its past and present elements, but Satoru’s extended Revival as an 11-year-old in 1988 is effective in its own right. Satoru’s mum nails single parenthood.