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2013

Tomogui

Backwater

共喰い

(c)Shinya Tanaka/SHUEISHA, 2013 THE BACKWATER Film Partners 

(c)Shinya Tanaka/SHUEISHA, 2013 THE BACKWATER Film Partners 

(c)Shinya Tanaka/SHUEISHA, 2013 THE BACKWATER Film Partners 

(c)Shinya Tanaka/SHUEISHA, 2013 THE BACKWATER Film Partners 

Release Date
September, 7th, 2013
Running Time
102 min
Genre
Drama , Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
DCP
Screen Size
Cinema Scope (1:2.35)
Sound Processing
Uncompressed 5.1ch
Subtitle
English

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

Stylejam, MIDSHIP, GEEK PICTURES, Amuse Soft Entertainment, Bitters End

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

Bitters End

[ Production Studio ]

Stylejam

[ Story ]

TOKYO KOEN director Aoyama Shinji helms this adaptation of Tanaka Shinya's 146th Akutagawa Prize-winning novel. Its screenplay is by Arai Haruhiko, an industry veteran who has received numerous accolades for his works such as VIBRATOR. Winner of two awards at the International Film Festival Locarno 2013.
Toma (Suda Masaki), a high schooler in Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, detests the violent sexual tendencies that his father (Mitsuishi Ken) inflicts on his girlfriend Kotoko (Shinohara Yukiko). However, a random incident leads him to realize that he has the same blood flowing in his veins.

[ Official Site ]

http://www.tomogui-movie.jp

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2013 Locarno International Film Festival, Competition, Youth Jury Award, Boccalino Award
2013 Busan International Film Festival
2014 Hong Kong International Film Festival

[ Contact (International) ]

For further contact details, please contact UNIJAPAN -> [ Contact ]

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