An affable old man who’s found salvation by ferrying the villagers back and forth across a river has his life shaken up by a mysterious girl he meets one day. In his first (and impressively zen) feature, Japanese actor-turned-director Joe Odagiri takes a nuanced look at the inexorable erosion of tradition in the modern world.
Toichi, a kindly and helpful old man, earns a modest living by ferrying the villagers back and forth across the water. His life flows placidly by until the day he encounters a young girl with a shady past. Japanese actor Joe Odagiri presents his first feature, an ode to devotion and austerity. It’s a refreshingly candid work that maximizes the impact of its breathtaking settings, thanks in no small part to the keen eye of legendary DOP Christopher Doyle, whose credits include dozens of...
Feature film , Fiction
JAPAN | 137 minutes | 2019
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