Film

Shimanto River

1991 · 1h 51m · Drama

IMDb

6.5

A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. He comes to grips with the unfairness of life and the emotional pain involved in the loss of innocence. The film is based on an autobiographical novel written by Kyuzo Sasayama.

Kanako Higuchi

Kaori Takahashi

Bengal

Meika Seri

Kōen Okumura

Aoi Nakajima

Takahito Hosoyamada

Renji Ishibashi

Shiro Sano

Kin Sugai

Kaoru Kobayashi

Teppei Yamada

• Hideo OnchiDirector
• Motomu FurutaScreenplay
• Kyuzo SasayamaNovel
• Shōhei AndōDirector of Photography
• Nobuo OgawaEditor

Release date

December 7, 1991

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 51m

Genres

Drama