Underplayed Gems

Southbound (2007)

Southbound poster
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
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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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