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Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

2001 · 119 min

A gentle, offbeat romance that blends earthy humour with quiet longing, set in a sleepy seaside town.

Directed by
Shōhei Imamura
Genres
Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
Starring
Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho
Overview
When a dying friend tells out-of-work salaryman Yosuke about a hidden treasure, he sets off in search of the only clue about its location: a house by a red bridge. What he finds instead is a woman who transcends all his fantasies.

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Directed by
Shōhei Imamura
Genres
Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
Starring
Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • isolation
  • healing
  • freedom
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism5
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
fantasy, drama, comedy, romance
Directed by
Shōhei Imamura
Written by
Daisuke Tengan, Motofumi Tomikawa, Shōhei Imamura
Starring
Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, Mansaku Fuwa, Isao Natsuyagi, Yukiya Kitamura, Hijiri Kojima, Toshie Negishi
Music
Shinichiro Ikebe
Cinematography
Shigeru Komatsubara
Runtime
119 min
Country
France, Japan
Languages
Japanese

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