High Position (1986)(2020)

High Position is a 1986 Japanese drama about a middle-aged man given a second chance at life. Mitsuhiko Amano, a 46-year-old salaryman recently fired and facing divorce, visits a soapland for the first time in decades. When a fire breaks out, he attempts to rescue a young woman but loses consciousness after hitting his head. He awakens as his 16-year-old self, mentally and emotionally intact but trapped in youth. Now inhabiting 1986 with decades of regret and life experience, Amano must navigate a world he thought he'd left behind. The film explores themes of redemption, second chances, and whether knowing the future can change the past. It's a poignant meditation on the roads not taken and the possibility of living differently when given the rarest of opportunities.