Characters & Themes
Shimanto River (1991) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1991 · 111 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Hideo Onchi
- Starring
- Shirô Sano, Renji Ishibashi, Kaoru Kobayashi, Meika Seri, Kin Sugai, Bengal
A young boy named Atsu grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku, where he confronts the unfairness of life and the deep emotional pain that comes with the loss of innocence, reflecting his own experiences. The film adapts an autobiographical novel by Kyuzo Sasayama.
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