Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)

Original title

赤い橋の下のぬるい水

Directed by

Shohei Imamura

Genre

drama film, romantic comedy

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

18

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 54 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A down-on-his-luck man travels to a remote fishing village to find a stolen treasure. Instead he meets a woman with a strange condition that links her to water, and he begins to change his outlook on life.

quirkyslow-burnwhimsicalearthycontemplativemildly surrealplayfulgentle

What happens

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (赤い橋の下のぬるい水, Akai Hashi no Shita no Nurui Mizu) is a 2001 Japanese romantic comedy film by director Shōhei Imamura. This was Imamura's last feature film. It was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Warm Water Under A Red Bridge focuses on the troubles of a Japanese "everyman" who finds a new life with an unusual woman in a small fishing village. Imamura's last film contains considerable commentary on the search for happiness. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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