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A Far Shore

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Aoi has dropped out of high school and gives birth to a baby son with her husband Masaya. They live in Okinawa, the Southern island of Japan where they were both born. To make ends meet, she starts working as a night-club hostess. Masaya loses his job and cannot deal with the family's responsibilities. Their immaturity and dependence aggravate the relationship and continuous fights lead to a social downfall. Aoi's bond with her son sets her on a path to find solutions.

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Jessica Kiang Variety 07/08/2022
“A Far Shore” is, in its politics, a very contemporary story. But centering the experiences of a sex worker striving to survive a succession of bad men is also firmly in the classic Japanese tradition of Kenzo Mizoguchi. Go to Full Review Pieter-Jan Van Haecke Psychocinematography 12/16/2023
A Far Shore offers a highly engaging story that explores the destructive effects of a societal field that fails to reach out to subjects-in-need. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Masaaki Kudo

Director

Kotone Hanase

Aoi

Yumemi Ishida

Mio

Yoshiro Sakuma

Masaya

Izumi Matsuoka

Actor

Ayano Ogura

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Synopsis Aoi has dropped out of high school and gives birth to a baby son with her husband Masaya. They live in Okinawa, the Southern island of Japan where they were both born. To make ends meet, she starts working as a night-club hostess. Masaya loses his job and cannot deal with the family's responsibilities. Their immaturity and dependence aggravate the relationship and continuous fights lead to a social downfall. Aoi's bond with her son sets her on a path to find solutions.
Director
Masaaki Kudo
Producer
Yuki Kitagawa
Screenwriter
Masaaki Kudo, Mami Suzuki
Production Co
Thefool
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
2h 8m