Mio on the Shore (2019) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

2019 · 96 mins · Japanese

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Directed by

Ryutaro Nakagawa

Starring

Kazuaki Nagaya, Honoka Matsumoto, Daichi Watanabe, Sakurako Konishi, Ken Mitsuishi, Kaito Yoshimura

Twenty-year-old Mio, who lost her parents at a young age, helps her grandmother run a traditional inn in Nagano. When her grandmother falls ill, Mio moves to Tokyo to live with her father’s close friend, Kyosuke. He operates a public bathhouse, which is facing demolition due to redevelopment plans. Mio finds work at the bathhouse and becomes involved in efforts to save it.