Mother Water

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Movie: Mother Water
Romaji: Mazaa wotaa
Japanese: マザーウォーター
Director: Kana Matsumoto
Writer: Kana Matsumoto, Tomoko Shiroki
Producer: Shuichi Komuro, Kumi Kobata, Emma Maekawa, Seiji Okuda
Cinematographer: Mineto Tani
Release Date: October 30, 2010
Runtime: 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Distributor: Suurkiitos
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Set with three central figures, "Mother Water" describes the daily lives of people near the Kamo River in Kyoto, Japan. The Kamo river flows through central Kyoto and several smaller streams connect to the Kamo river.

Setsuko (Satomi Kobayashi) is the owner of a bar that only serves whiskey. Takako (Kyoko Koizumi) opens a coffee shop. Meanwhile, Hatsumi (Mikako Ichikawa) owns a tofu shop.

Their neighbors inclue Yamanoha (Ryo Kase) who works at a furniture studio, Otome (Ken Mitsuishi) who runs a public bathhouse, Jin (Kento Nagayama) who works at the public bathhouse and Makoto (Masako Motai) who takes walks near the area.

Cast



Satomi Kobayashi	Mikako Ichikawa	Kyoko Koizumi
Setsuko	Hatsumi	Takako



Ryo Kase	Kento Nagayama	Ken Mitsuishi	Masako Motai
Yamanoha	Jin	Otome	Makoto

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anda Jan 12 2019 3:23 pm Such an inspiring movie. The overall pace is wonderful and the soundtrack fits in perfectly. It feels like the director has put the actors on scene, just with a slight glimpse of the story and let them evolve improvising into the environment, wich creates this thin line between reality and surrealism. A little bit like David Lynch meets Naomi Kawase. Glad I found this one!

qbenk Jun 13 2013 6:29 am yes.. absolutely agree! with sutairu and shazr. i think its way japanese promoted their atmosphere. they culture and habit. :) i just simply sit and watching the movie flow away. you should watching Bread of Happiness too guys. *sorry for my bad english. ;p

sutairu Jan 25 2011 2:30 am beautiful slow japanese movies are the best!!! my favourites: megane, kamome diner, lost in translation, aruitemo aruitemo, pool, etc...

shazr Dec 06 2010 1:18 pm Well, on the contrary, this is exactly what I like about japanese movies. They are perhaps slower than usual.. but they are still beautiful.

dreamer Sep 15 2010 12:28 am I love Japan, but Japanese keep making these kind of movies...which is kind of boring...

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