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The Backwater

The Backwater

is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Shinji Aoyama, starring Masaki Suda. It is based on the Akutagawa Prize-winning novel by Shinya Tanaka and adapted by Haruhiko Arai. The film won the Best Director award from the Swiss critics' federation and the Best Film award from the Junior Jury's at the 2013 Locarno International Film Festival.

Plot

Toma (Masaki Suda) lives with his father, Madoka (Ken Mitsuishi), and Madoka's lover, Kotoko (Yukiko Kinoshita) on the riverside in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Toma's mother, Jinko (Yūko Tanaka), resides on the other side of the bridge, making a living by cleaning fish. Madoka routinely beats and chokes women during sex. As Madoka's son, Toma is afraid of becoming like his father.

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    author
    director Shinji Aoyama
    editor Genta Tamaki
    events sexual violence by intimate partners
    genre drama
    keywords clean river shimonoseki yamaguchi prefecture
    musicBy Isao Yamada Shinji Aoyama
    producer Naoki Kai
    productionCompany Style Jam
    publisher Bitters End
    theme japanese