After the Apocalypse story
After the Apocalypse is a 2004 science fiction black-and-white film written and directed by Yasuaki Nakajima. The film does not have any dialogue. Synopsis: Five survivors of an apocalyptic war, a single woman and four men, re forced to communicate without words because of destructive gasses from the war.
13 total · 5 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| annihilation by WMDs | major | The story is set in the immediate aftermath of an apocalyptic war. |
| humans in group | major | The story explores the some times friendly, sometimes strained group dynamics among five survivors of an apocalyptic war. |
| love triangle | major | The Asian man, the injured white man, and the woman. |
| male-male rivalry | major | The Asian man and the injured white man were competing for the woman's affections. |
| surviving in a wasteland | major | Five survivors of an apocalyptic war tried to make a go of things in the ruins of a destroyed semi-urban area. |
| cannibalism to survive | minor | Desperate for nourishment, the woman and the Asian man roasted a man's arm over a fire and proceeded to consume it. |
| cooperation | minor | The Asian man teamed up with the injured white man to catch some fish at the seashore. The injured white man used his cane to maneuver the fish into a shallow pool, whereupon the Asian man yanked them out one by one onto the land using his bare hands. |
| coping with the death of someone | minor | The remaining survivors somberly cast the body of the injured white man into the sea. |
| fishing | minor | The Asian man teamed up with the injured white man to catch some fish at the seashore. The injured white man used his cane to maneuver the fish into a shallow pool, whereupon the Asian man yanked them out one by one onto the land using his bare hands. |
| giving birth | minor | The story concluded with the woman giving birth to what was by all appearances a healthy baby. |