Southbound (2007)

Original title

サウスバウンド

Directed by

Yoshimitsu Morita

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 54m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A schoolboy's family relocates from Tokyo to Okinawa, and the story follows his experiences with the move and adjustment to a new place.

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What happens

Southbound (Japanese: サウスバウンド, Hepburn: Sausubaundo) is a 2007 Japanese drama film written and directed by Yoshimitsu Morita and starring Toyokawa Etsushi and Yūki Amami. Based on the novel of the same name by Hideo Okuda, it tells the story of a schoolboy whose family moves from Tokyo to Okinawa. It began filming in May 2007 in Tokyo; the crew went to Okinawa for on-location filming at the end of June. Its theme song is "Eien no Uta" by Nakashima Mika. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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