The Ravine of Goodbye (2008)

Original title

さよなら渓谷

Directed by

Tatsushi Ōmori

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 56m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman lives with the man who raped her years earlier. The story slowly reveals why they chose to stay together.

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What happens

The Ravine of Goodbye (Japanese: さよなら渓谷, Hepburn: Sayonara keikoku) is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Tatsushi Ōmori. The film is based on the Japanese 2008 novel Sayonara keikoku by Shuichi Yoshida, which intrigued Ōmori with its central mystery of a rape victim and her perpetrator choosing to live together. It won the Special Jury Prize at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival. The ending theme song "Saisakizaka" was written by musician Ringo Sheena, and performed by lead actress Yōko Maki. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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