Underplayed Gems

Stop (2015)

Stop poster
Original title
스톱
Directed by
Kim Ki-duk
Genre
drama film
Country
South Korea, Japan
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
15
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Set in Japan after the Fukushima disaster, the film follows people struggling with the lingering effects of the nuclear accident. It shows their daily lives and the quiet, heavy impact of the catastrophe on a community.

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What happens

Stop (Korean: 스톱) is a 2015 South Korean-Japanese co-production directed by Kim Ki-duk that had its premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic. The film is set in Japan and addresses the aftermath of Fukushima-Daichi disaster; the cast of the film is mostly Japanese. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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