Still the Water

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Movie: Still the Water (English title) / The Second Window (literal title)
Romaji: Futatsume no Mado
Japanese: 2つ目の窓
Director: Naomi Kawase
Writer: Naomi Kawase
Producer: Takehiko Aoki, Masa Sawada, Naomi Kawase
Cinematographer: Yutaka Yamazaki
World Premiere: May 20, 2014 (Cannes Film Festival)
Release Date: July 26, 2014
Runtime: 120 min.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Set on the island of Amami Oshima. Through a 16-year-old girl and boy, "Futatsume no Mado" describes the cyclical nature of life, death and love.

Notes

Filming begins on October 1, 2013 on Amami Oshima, which is one of the Satsunan Islands. Filming ends at the end of October.
Director Naomi Kawase's grandmother is from the island of Amami Oshima.

Cast



Nijiro Murakami	Jun Yoshinaga	Tetta Sugimoto
Kaito	Kyoko	Toru



Miyuki Matsuda	Makiko Watanabe	Jun Murakami
Isa	Misaki	Atsushi

Additional Cast Members:

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Film Festivals

2014 (67th) Cannes Film Festival - May 14-25, 2014 - Competition *World Premiere
2014 (49th) Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - July 4-12, 2014 - Horizons
2014 (14th) New Horizons International Film Festival - July 24-Aug. 3, 2014 - Panorama
2014 (39th) Toronto International Film Festival - September 4-14, 2014 - Contemporary World Cinema
2014 (62nd) San Sebastian International Film Festival - September 19-27, 2014 - Pearls
2014 (19th) Busan International Film Festival - Oct. 2-11, 2014 - A Window on Asian Cinema
2014 (58th) BFI London Film Festival - October 8-19, 2014 - Love Gala
2014 (14th) Marrakech International Film Festival - Dec. 5-13, 2014 - Tribute to Japanese Cinema
2015 (38th) Göteborg International Film Festival - Jan. 23-Feb. 3, 2015 - Focus: Japan

Comments

Cici Oct 16 2022 12:49 pm Nijiro Murakami's father played his dad. Sweet. Interesting movie.

Comment May 22 2014 10:05 pm Wow...Once they get dark, they don't look Japanese anymore. Especially the girl. Looks more of Indonesian/Malaysian decent.

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