They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019)

Original title

ある船頭の話

Directed by

Joe Odagiri

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 17m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An old ferryman lives a quiet life transporting people across a river in 19th century Japan. The building of a new bridge threatens his routine and he rescues a young girl from the water.

peacefulmelancholicslow-pacedcontemplativebittersweetvisually serenenostalgiclonely

What happens

They Say Nothing Stays the Same (Japanese: ある船頭の話, Hepburn: Aru Sendō no Hanashi) is a 2019 Japanese drama film directed by Joe Odagiri and stars Akira Emoto. In the debut directorial feature by actor Joe Odagiri, the film follows an old ferryman in a remote Meiji era community. For years, he has transported people back and forth on a river amid unspoiled beauty. His placid and cyclical life is disturbed by the construction of the nearby bridge, and transformed by saving a girl floating in the water. Shot by Christopher Doyle and the debut film music feature by Tigran Hamasyan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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