Underplayed Gems

春よこい (2008)

春よこい poster
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
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How it feels

A boy named Tsuyoshi lives a peaceful life in a fishing port with his parents and grandfather. After his father accidentally kills a debt collector and disappears, Tsuyoshi struggles to move on, while a teacher and her journalist brother try to help the family find closure.

gentlemelancholicslow-burnbittersweetearnestfamily-centeredquietreflective

What happens

『春よこい』(はるよこい)は、2008年6月7日公開の日本映画。佐賀県唐津市を舞台とする。佐賀3館と唐津市内におけるホールで、5月24日に先行公開された。 佐賀のある漁港。少年ツヨシは優しい両親と少しボケはじめた祖父とともに、平穏無事な生活を送っていた。だが、ある日父は漁船購入代のことで借金取りと喧嘩をし、誤って殺害、行方を眩ましてしまった。それから4年経っても父を忘れられないツヨシを洋子先生は不憫に思い、兄の新聞記者、利夫に相談した。利夫は指名手配の父の写真を見つめるツヨシを写真にとり、父に出てきて欲しいとの願いを込めて記事にするが、それは家族にとって忘れたい過去の暴露に他ならなかった。償いの意味を込めて、利夫は父の行方を追う。その頃父は、街で日雇い労働者として暮らしていた。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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