Backwater

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• Movie: Backwater (English title) / Eat Each Other (literal title)
• Romaji: Tomogui
• Japanese: 共喰い
• Director: Shinji Aoyama
• Writer: Shinya Tanaka (novel), Haruhiko Arai
• Producer: Maki Kai
• Cinematographer: Takahiro Imai
• World Premiere: August 15, 2013 (Locarno International Film Festival)
• Release Date: September 7, 2013
• Runtime: 102 min.
• Genre: Arthouse / Father & Son
• Distributor: Bitters End
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Set in 1989 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, 17-year-old Tooma (Masaki Suda) lives with his father and his father's lover. Tooma witnesses his father's sadistic behavior towards his lover and, soon, Tooma finds himself following in his father's footsteps.

Notes

1. Based on novel "Tomogui" by Shinya Tanaka (published January 27, 2012 by Shueisha Inc). Novel "Kyou Kui" is the winner of the 146th "Akutagawa Prize".
2. Filming begins September, 2012

Cast

Masaki Suda	Misaki Kinoshita	Yukiko Shinohara	Ken Mitsuishi	Yuko Tanaka
Tooma	Chikusa	Kotoko	Madoka	Jinko

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Film Festivals

• 2013 (66th) Locarno International Film Festival - August 7-17, 2013 - Concorso Internazionale *World Premiere
• 2013 (18th) Busan International Film Festival - October 3-12, 2013 - A Window on Asian Cinema
• 2014 (14th) Nippon Connection - May 27-June 1, 2014 - Nippon Cinema *German Premiere
• 2014 (47th) Sitges Film Festival - October 3-12, 2014 - Seven Chances

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