
A Far Shore
TOOI TOKORO
2022 • Films • Drama/2 h 8 mins
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Details
Aoi has dropped out of high school and gives birth to a baby son with her husband Masaya. They live in Okinawa, the Southern island of Japan where they were both born. To make ends meet, she starts working as a night-club hostess. Masaya loses his job and cannot deal with the family’s responsibilities. Their immaturity and dependence aggravate the relationship and continuous fights lead to a social downfall. Aoi’s bond with her son sets her on a path to find solutions.
Director
Masaaki Kudo
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Details
Aoi has dropped out of high school and gives birth to a baby son with her husband Masaya. They live in Okinawa, the Southern island of Japan where they were both born. To make ends meet, she starts working as a night-club hostess. Masaya loses his job and cannot deal with the family’s responsibilities. Their immaturity and dependence aggravate the relationship and continuous fights lead to a social downfall. Aoi’s bond with her son sets her on a path to find solutions.
Director
Masaaki Kudo
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Accolades

Audience Award
Tokyo FILMeX, 2022


Audience Award
Tokyo FILMeX, 2022


Audience Award
Tokyo FILMeX, 2022

Critics
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...'affectingly Mizoguchian modern-day tragedy'
Variety
Meet the Cast
Meet the Cast
Directors
Director's Statement
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This movie is dedicated to my mother and grandmother who raised me in an era of violence and intense discrimination against women.
Masaaki Kudo

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