A Far Shore (2023)
Aoi has dropped out of high school and gives birth to a baby son with her husband Masaya. They live in Okinawa, the Southern island of Japan where they were both born. To make ends meet, she starts working as a night-club hostess. Masaya loses his job and cannot deal with the family’s responsibilities. Their immaturity and dependence aggravate the relationship and continuous fights lead to a social downfall. Aoi’s bond with her son sets her on a path to find solutions.
Director: Masaaki Kudo
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Kotone Hanase as Aoi |
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Yumemi Ishida as Mio |
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Yoshiro Sakuma as Masaya |
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Izumi Matsuoka as |
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Taeko Yoshida as |
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Shogen as |
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Shohei Uno as |
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Ayano Ogura as |
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Shinsuke Kato as |
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Kah-Wai Lim as |
| Directing | Masaaki Kudo | Director |
| Writing | Masaaki Kudo | Writer |
| Camera | Takayuki Sugimura | Director of Photography |
| Production | Yuki Kitagawa | Producer |
| Production | Shunsuke Koga | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Masamichi Shigeno | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Ran Kobayashi | Production Design |
| Lighting | Naoki Nomura | Gaffer |