A Story Written with Water
A meditative Japanese New Wave exploration of a man's internal paralysis as he navigates conflicting emotional bonds between mother and bride, told through fragmented memory and dream.
Struggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about to marry, but is torn between his wife-to-be and the love to his mother.
Essence
Ensemble
Yasunori Irikawa
Shizuo Matsutani
Mariko Okada
Shizuka Matsutani
Ruriko Asaoka
Yumiko Hashimoto
Isao Yamagata
Denzo Hashimoto
Keiko Yumi
Geisha
Masakazu Kuwayama
Yamazaki
Shin Kishida
Takao Matsutani
Takao Nakamura
Murata
Aiko Masuda
Mitsue Hashimoto
Kimiko Kayo
Misako Yamatani
Kaoru Mimura
Kyōko Shimojima
Fudeko Tanaka
Old Woman
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