The heart continues to yearn for its beloved even after death. At least, this is the notion put forward by Beyond Goodbye, a new Japanese drama series starring Kasumi Arimura and Kentaro Sakaguchi, who are reunited on screen after the 2017 film Narratage.

Beyond Goodbye premiered its first two episodes at the Busan International Film Festival ahead of the Netflix debut of all eight episodes next month.

The fantastical romance plays out against the idyllic yet contrasting backdrops of Hokkaido and Hawaii. In its opening moments, elation quickly turns to tragedy when Yusuke, played by Toma Ikuta, is killed in a bus crash moments after proposing to his girlfriend, Saeko, played by Arimura.

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