Film

The Underground Water

1996 · 1h 20m

The Underground Water (1996) comes as an ode to water in its forms and to that connected sounds, ice, drinking, mirroring, bathing, washing, pearling on a window, raindrops, reflecting architecture and grey trees. Dry leaves, wooden floors and a young man smoking a cigarette. Windows and doors are preparing the framing. The wind is coming up. Will it rain today? A young woman is pressing her face to a TV screen, all in blue but it is not water refreshing her. In her eyes, you see some hidden memories and dirty tennis balls lying on the street sucking up the drops of the rain.

Natsuyo Kanahama

Kenji Onishi

Kaoru Osawa

Kenji Murakami

• Kenji OnishiDirector

Release date

January 1, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 20m