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The Backwater

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Toma lives in a small riverside town with his brutish father and his father's girlfriend. Witnessing his father's predilections for abuse, Toma becomes anxious that he will have inherited those urges.

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Audience Member A very unusual but truly interesting drama about a young man; who is much like his own father when it comes to lustful pleasures to women. Eventually progresses to individual morals within the conflict of his many different relations. Beautifully shot by Shinji Aoyama along with some truly exceptional performances, the film's subject matter kept me interested all the way through the plot and character development. These are utterly flawed characters with such sentimentality its hard to find any sort of connection. Thus you have an accomplished feature based on a novel that explores human sexual nature, dirty habits and social change. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Shinji Aoyama

Director

Masaki Suda

Toma

Misaki Kinoshita

Chigusa

Ken Mitsuishi

Madoka

Yuko Tanaka

Jinko

Haruhiko Arai

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Synopsis Toma lives in a small riverside town with his brutish father and his father's girlfriend. Witnessing his father's predilections for abuse, Toma becomes anxious that he will have inherited those urges.
Director
Shinji Aoyama
Producer
Naoki Kai
Screenwriter
Haruhiko Arai
Production Co
Stylejam, Inc.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 4, 2015
Runtime
1h 42m