Nobuhiro Yamashita’s gently quirky, overly long fantasy rom-com “One Second Ahead, One Second Behind” is a remake of the 2020 Taiwanese hit “My Missing Valentine.”
Scripted by veteran multitalent Kankuro Kudo, the film reverses the gender of the protagonist, now a male post office worker played by Masaki Okada, who has appeared in everything from lamebrain comedies to the award-winning “Drive My Car” (2021). It also changes the setting to summer in and around Kyoto.
Having not seen “My Missing Valentine,” I don’t know how much Kudo localized the story, including a second-act reveal that sheds light on what was hiding in plain sight.
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