# Last Mile (ラストマイル) (2024 film)
**Last Mile** (ラストマイル) is a 2024 Japanese mystery [thriller film](https://www.edgepedia.org/thriller-film) directed by Tsukahara Ayuko (塚原あゆ子) and written by Nogi Akiko (野木亜紀子), in which a series of parcel bombings erupts at a giant logistics warehouse on the eve of Black Friday. It is an original feature film set in the same world as the television dramas *Unnatural* (2018) and *MIU404* (2020), with characters from both series appearing in their original roles.[1](https://eiga.com/movie/100881) • [2](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/10205)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | August 23, 2024, Japan; distributed by Toho[1](https://eiga.com/movie/100881) |
| Running time | 128 minutes; genre: mystery[2](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/10205) |
| Director / writer | Tsukahara Ayuko (director), Nogi Akiko (screenplay), produced by Arai Junko[2](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/10205) |
| Leads | Mitsushima Hikari as Funado Elena, Okada Masaki as Nashimoto Ko[2](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/10205) |
| Shared universe | Characters from *Unnatural* and *MIU404* reappear, played by their original actors[1](https://eiga.com/movie/100881) |
| Theme song | "Garakuta" by Yonezu Kenshi, following his theme songs for both dramas[1](https://eiga.com/movie/100881) |
| Box office | 660,000 admissions and over 970 million yen in the first three days on 352 screens; total gross exceeded 5.8 billion yen[3](https://last-mile-movie.jp/news/) • [4](https://www.tbsholdings.co.jp/ir/stakeholders/pdf/98.pdf?202401205=) |
| Awards | Best Screenplay at the 48th Japan Academy Prize; nominated for Best Film, Director, and Actress[5](https://jccc.on.ca/film/last-mile) • [1](https://eiga.com/movie/100881) |
## Spoilers
### Premise
The story takes place in November, on the night before Black Friday, the biggest event of the year for the distribution industry. A cardboard box shipped from the Kanto center of a global shopping site explodes, and the incident develops into a series of bombings that spreads fear across Japan.[1](https://eiga.com/movie/100881) Funado Elena, newly appointed director of the Kanto center, works to contain the situation together with team manager Nashimoto Ko.[1](https://eiga.com/movie/100881) The film's promotional material frames the questions driving the plot: who planted the bombs and why, how many remain, and where they are now.[6](https://www.tbscontents.com/en/program/lastmile)
The title refers to the "last mile," the final section of the delivery process in which a package reaches the customer.[7](https://last-mile-movie.jp/intro/index.html)
### Cast and characters
Mitsushima Hikari, a four-time winner of the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Supporting Actress, plays Funado Elena, and Okada Masaki plays Nashimoto Ko; the two had not appeared together since the 2010 film *[Villain](https://www.edgepedia.org/villain-2010-film)* (悪人), fourteen years earlier.[7](https://last-mile-movie.jp/intro/index.html) Around them, Sadao Abe plays Ryuhei Yagi, director of the Kanto branch of the delivery company Hitsuji Express, and [Dean Fujioka](https://www.edgepedia.org/dean-fujioka) plays Dogen Igarashi, Elena's superior as head of the Japan office; Shohei Uno and Shohei Hinomoto-era colleague Koichi Sato round out the warehouse side of the story as delivery driver Wataru Sano and others.[3](https://last-mile-movie.jp/news/)
The film's shared-universe casting brings back the leads of both dramas. From *Unnatural*, [Satomi Ishihara](https://www.edgepedia.org/satomi-ishihara) returns as forensic pathologist Mikoto Misumi, Arata Iura as Kei Nakado, Masataka Kubota as Rokuro Kube, and Mikako Ichikawa as Yuko Shoji, alongside [Hiroko Yakushimaru](https://www.edgepedia.org/hiroko-yakushimaru) and Yutaka Matsushige.[1](https://eiga.com/movie/100881) From *MIU404*, Go Ayano returns as Ai Ibuki and Gen Hoshino as Kazumi Shima, detectives of the [Metropolitan Police](https://www.edgepedia.org/metropolitan-police)'s Fourth Mobile Investigation Unit, with Jun Hashimoto, Masashiro Maeda, Yuta Kanai, Takuya Nagaoka, and Kumiko Aso in supporting roles.[3](https://last-mile-movie.jp/news/) Koji Ookura and Yoshi Sako, who appeared in *Unnatural* and *MIU404* respectively, form a new detective pairing in this film.[1](https://eiga.com/movie/100881)
## Production and shared universe
Director Tsukahara Ayuko, screenwriter Nogi Akiko, and producer Arai Junko reunited after the dramas *Unnatural* and *MIU404*, and the film was produced by the "LAST MILE" Production Committee with TBS Sparkle as the production company and Toho as distributor.[1](https://eiga.com/movie/100881) • [2](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/10205) The production describes itself as a shared-universe movie: the story unfolds on the same world line as the two dramas, and each actor appears in the same role as in the television series.[4](https://www.tbsholdings.co.jp/ir/stakeholders/pdf/98.pdf?202401205=) Music is by Masahiro Tokuda, with cinematography by Takeshi Seki and editing by Hiroaki Itabe.[2](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/10205)
Yonezu Kenshi, who had provided the theme songs for both dramas, supplied the theme song "Garakuta" (がらくた) for the film as well.[1](https://eiga.com/movie/100881)
## Reception and box office
The film opened on August 23, 2024 on 352 screens nationwide. In its first three days it drew 660,000 admissions and surpassed 970 million yen in box office revenue, and it received high ratings on Japanese review sites, including 4.3 stars on Filmarks and 4.0 on Eiga.com as of August 26, 2024.[3](https://last-mile-movie.jp/news/) TBS Holdings later reported that the film's total box office exceeded 5.8 billion yen, and credited the release with driving renewed streaming viewership of the two source dramas, describing the project as a success case in combining broadcasting and digital distribution.[4](https://www.tbsholdings.co.jp/ir/stakeholders/pdf/98.pdf?202401205=)
At the 48th Japan Academy Prize the film won the Award for Best Screenplay.[1](https://eiga.com/movie/100881) It was also nominated for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actress.[5](https://jccc.on.ca/film/last-mile)
## Themes
Reviewers identified the film as both a mystery and a work of social commentary on Japan's logistics system and the people who work within it. The Cinema Today critic Kumao Oyama noted the tension in the heroine's declaration that deliveries will not be stopped, asking whether not stopping is truly right and where the attention of customers falls on the workers in the system.[8](https://www.cinematoday.jp/movie/T0029454/review) Audience commentary on Rotten Tomatoes similarly read the film as a critique of how online retailers pressure courier companies in Japan.[9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_mile_2024)
## References
1. [ラストマイル : 作品情報・キャスト・あらすじ - 映画.com](https://eiga.com/movie/100881)
2. [JFDB - ラストマイル (LAST MILE)](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/10205)
3. [映画『ラストマイル』公式サイト NEWS - 公開3日間で興行収入9.7億円突破](https://last-mile-movie.jp/news/)
4. [TBS Holdings ステークホルダー通信 (MEDIA GUIDE)](https://www.tbsholdings.co.jp/ir/stakeholders/pdf/98.pdf?202401205=)
5. [LAST MILE - Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre](https://jccc.on.ca/film/last-mile)
6. [LAST MILE ラストマイル - TBS Program Catalog](https://www.tbscontents.com/en/program/lastmile)
7. [映画『ラストマイル』公式サイト INTRODUCTION](https://last-mile-movie.jp/intro/index.html)
8. [ラストマイル (2024)：映画短評 - シネマトゥデイ](https://www.cinematoday.jp/movie/T0029454/review)
9. [Last Mile (2024) - Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_mile_2024)
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