Journey to the Shore (2015)

Original title

岸辺の旅

Directed by

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Genre

drama film, road movie, speculative fiction film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 08m

Rated

12

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 72 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman mourns her husband who died at sea. He returns to her as a ghost and together they travel across Japan, visiting people from his past before he moves on.

slow-burnmelancholicdreamlikecontemplativegentletendermysteriousatmospheric

What happens

Journey to the Shore (Japanese: 岸辺の旅, Hepburn: Kishibe no Tabi) is a 2015 Japanese romantic drama film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Tadanobu Asano and Eri Fukatsu. It is adapted from Kazumi Yumoto's novel Kishibe no Tabi. It screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where Kurosawa won the prize for Best Director. It was released in Japan on 1 October 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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