Drama · Japan · 2013 · 1h 42m

Backwater

共喰い

Backwater poster
Director
Shinji Aoyama
Cast
Masaki Suda as Touma Misaki Kinoshita as Chikusa Yukiko Shinohara as Kotoko Ken Mitsuishi as Madoka Yuko Tanaka as Jinko Ittoku Kishibe as Detective
Crew
Takahiro Imai — Director of Photography Genta Tamaki — Editor Haruhiko Arai — Writer Shinya Tanaka — Novel Naoki Kai — Producer
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.

Trailer Backwater — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
small townabusive fatherredemptiondysfunctional familysexual violencedomestic violenceself-loathingabuseshōwa era (1926-89)
Key Collaborators
Shinji Aoyama Director Takahiro Imai Director of Photography Genta Tamaki Editor Haruhiko Arai Writer Shinya Tanaka Novel Naoki Kai Producer
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