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Backwater
Backwater

Backwater

Genres

Drama

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Toma lives in a small riverside town with his brutish father and his father's girlfriend. Witnessing his father's predilections for abuse, Toma becomes anxious that he will have inherited those urges.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

102 mins

Rating

5.9/10

Release Date

07 September 2013

Country

Japan

Cast

Masaki Suda

Masaki Suda

Touma

Misaki Kinoshita

Misaki Kinoshita

Chikusa

Yukiko Shinohara

Yukiko Shinohara

Kotoko

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Madoka

Yuko Tanaka

Yuko Tanaka

Jinko

Ittoku Kishibe

Ittoku Kishibe

Detective

Yasushi Fuchikami

Yasushi Fuchikami

Young Detective

Kyoko Shishikura

Kyoko Shishikura

Woman in the Apartment

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