Still the Water (2014)
On the Japanese island of Amami, despite lacking parental guidance, Kaito and his girlfriend Kyoko try to find their place in the world. While Kaito suffers from the absence of his father, who moved to Tokyo after his birth, Kyoko must come to grips with her mother’s terminal illness.
Director:
Naomi Kawase
Writer:
Naomi Kawase
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Nijiro Murakami as Kaito |
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Junko Abe as Kyoko |
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Miyuki Matsuda as Isa |
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Tetta Sugimoto as Toru |
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Makiko Watanabe as Misaki |
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Jun Murakami as Atsushi |
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Hideo Sakaki as Teacher |
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Fujio Tokita as Kamejiro |
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Sadae Sakae as |
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Kazurô Maeda as |
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Mitsuaki Nakano as |
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Yukiharu Kawabata as |
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Yukiyo Maeda as |
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Kinue Yasuda as |
| Sound | Olivier Goinard | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Naomi Kawase | Director |
| Writing | Naomi Kawase | Screenplay |
| Sound | Roman Dymny | Sound Editor |
| Production | Lluís Miñarro | Producer |
| Editing | Naomi Kawase | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masaki Akatsu | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Kenji Inoue | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masaki Akatsu | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Shigetake Ao | Sound |
| Production | Naomi Kawase | Producer |
| Production | Nobuya Wazaki | Co-Producer |
| Production | Takehiko Aoki | Producer |
| Production | Masanori Miyata | Co-Producer |
| Production | Masato Konishi | Associate Producer |
| Production | Reiji Yamamoto | Executive Producer |
| Production | Anne Pernod | Co-Producer |
| Production | Masa Sawada | Producer |
| Production | Rémi Burah | Co-Producer |
| Production | Masahiko Mizuguchi | Co-Producer |
| Production | Lluís Miñarro | Co-Producer |
| Art | Kenji Inoue | Production Design |
| Production | Olivier Père | Co-Producer |
| Production | Yuko Naito | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Yutaka Yamazaki | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Tina Baz | Editor |
| Sound | Hasiken Hasiken | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Shigetake Ao | Sound Engineer |
| Directing | Yuki Kondo | First Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Yasuhiro Ota | Lighting Manager |
| Sound | Olivier Goinard | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Nicolas Fioraso | Sound Effects |