A Drowning Man (2001)
Tokio finds his wife Kumiko drowned in the bathtub one night. He lifts the telephone handset to call an ambulance but hesitates. Instead, he takes a cup of coffee before empting the bathtub and carrying Kumiko to the couch. When he wakes up after a nigh of heavy drinking, he finds himself in bed. Kumiko enters the room and asks how he is.
Director: Naoki Ichio
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Shinya Tsukamoto as Tokio |
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Reiko Kataoka as Kumiko |
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Hida Senko as Kumiko's mother |
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Takehiro Kamibaba as |
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Hiromi Unakami as |
| Directing | Naoki Ichio | Director |
| Writing | Naoki Ichio | Writer |
| Camera | Noriaki Yamazaki | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Kazunari Kurusu | Online Editor |
| Visual Effects | Issei Oda | VFX Supervisor |
| Production | Shinichiro Maeda | Producer |
| Production | Tetsuhiro Ogino | Producer |
| Production | 赤羽根敏男 | Associate Producer |
| Production | Katsuko Hatayama | Production Manager |
| Editing | Toshirô Matsutake | Editor |