Backwater
Dramasmall townabusive fatherredemptiondysfunctional familysexual violencedomestic violenceself-loathingabuseshōwa era (1926-89)
A dark, introspective study of inherited trauma and self-loathing set in a dysfunctional small-town household, where a young man grapples with the fear of perpetuating his father's violence.
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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