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Backwater

61
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1h 42m
Drama
Starring Masaki Suda · Misaki Kinoshita · Yukiko Shinohara
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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.

Director
Shinji Aoyama
Producers
Masaki Kai, Kumi Sato
Music
Isao Yamada
Studio
Bitters End, stylejam, GEEK PICTURES, Amuse Soft Entertainment, MIDSHIP
Original Title
共喰い
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
small town abusive father dysfunctional family redemption sexual violence domestic violence self-loathing abuse shōwa era (1926-89)
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Cast

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M
Masaki Suda
Touma
M
Misaki Kinoshita
Chikusa
Y
Yukiko Shinohara
Kotoko
K
Ken Mitsuishi
Madoka
Y
Yuko Tanaka
Jinko
I
Ittoku Kishibe
Detective
Y
Yasushi Fuchikami
Young Detective
K
Kyoko Shishikura
Woman in the Apartment

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