Erased (2016)

Other name: 僕だけがいない街, ぼくだけがいないまち, Boku Dake ga Inai Machi, The Town Where Only I Am Missing

Description:

In the gripping thriller Erased, Satoru Fujinuma is an unpopular manga artist and part-time pizza delivery boy who prefers to keep his distance from others. However, Satoru possesses a supernatural ability known as revival, which involuntarily sends him back in time to prevent local tragedies. When his mother faces a deadly encounter with a criminal, Satoru's power triggers a massive jump. He is sent back eighteen years into the past, trapped inside the body of his elementary school self. Satoru realizes this is his chance to solve a cold case involving a serial murderer who targeted children. To save his mother and alter the future, Satoru must use his adult mind in a child's body to find and stop the killer before it is too late. This suspenseful mystery explores the heavy burden of changing fate. Will Satoru rewrite history, or is the past set in stone?

Director: Hirakawa Yuichiro [平川雄一朗]

Country: Japanese

Status: Completed

Released: 2016

Genre:Drama; Manga; Murder; School; Serial Killer; Supernatural; Suspense; Thriller; Time Travel