The Water Flows to the Sea (2023)
High school student Naotatsu travels to live at his uncle's house. In the pouring rain, he is picked up at the nearest station by a strange adult woman named Sakaki who guides him to an unexpected share house where a life together begins.
Director:
Tetsu Maeda
Writer:
Satomi Oshima
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Suzu Hirose as Chisa Sakaki |
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Riku Onishi as Naotatsu Kumazawa |
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Kengo Kora as Shigemichi Utagawa |
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Ami Touma as Kaede Izumiya |
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Junki Tozuka as Hayate Izumiya |
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Masanobu Katsumura as Jingo Sakaki |
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Yukiya Kitamura as Tatsuo Kumazawa |
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Maki Sakai as Sanae Takashima |
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Katsuhisa Namase as Kenzo Naruse |
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Tohara Takuto as Yamada |
| Production | Yohei Takami | Executive Producer |
| Production | Keisuke Konishi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ayumi Kondo | Producer |
| Directing | Tetsu Maeda | Director |
| Writing | Satomi Oshima | Screenplay |
| Writing | Retto Tajima | Original Story |
| Camera | Naoya Ikeda | Director of Photography |
| Production | Yûji Hiratai | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yukiko Deki | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yoshie Wada | Executive Producer |
| Production | Shuhei Sekiguchi | Production Director |
| Lighting | Hideki Tateno | Gaffer |
| Sound | Toru Nishiyama | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Kyouhei Tamazawa | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Hanako Tabata | Editor |
| Sound | Shoko Sato | Sound Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michiru Iwamoto | Makeup & Hair |
| Art | Masato Nunobe | Art Direction |
| Art | Kiyotaka Ohara | Decorator |