The Backwater
The Backwater , Tomogui? is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Shinji Aoyama, starring Masaki Suda. It is based on the Akutagawa Prizewinning novel by Shinya Tanaka and adapted by Haruhiko Arai. The film won the Best Director award from the Swiss critics federation and the Best Film award from the Junior Jurys at the 2013 Locarno International Film Festival.
Jinshi Fujii of Yomiuri Shimbun praised the film, noting that Aoyama has succeeded in transmigrating the tradition of Japanese film through something more than mere repetition. Meanwhile, Dan Fainaru of Screen International felt that the script relies mostly on its female characters that are unsurprisingly far more alive and interesting than the men in their lives, and the same goes for the performances of the three lead actresses.
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