Still the Water
2014 · Movie · 121 min · ★ 6.8 · 55% critics
On a Japanese island, two teens try to figure out who they are without much support at home. As they navigate first love and everyday life, one struggles with a distant parent while the other faces a family health crisis that forces her to grow up fast.
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Details
- Original title
- 2つ目の窓
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-06-01
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Critic score
- 55/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (106 votes)
About
If you like gentle, reflective dramas about family, love, and growing up, this may click, especially if you enjoyed Sweet Bean or True Mothers; Not for you if you want fast plots or light themes.
Pros: tender coming-of-age; island atmosphere; emotional honesty | Cons: slow pacing; heavy subject matter; quiet storytelling
Themes
- meaning of life
- woman director
- teenage romance
- finding love
- love puzzle
- the meaning of life
Cast & crew
Nijiro Murakami
as Kaito
Junko Abe
as Kyoko
Miyuki Matsuda
as Isa
Tetta Sugimoto
as Toru
Makiko Watanabe
as Misaki
Jun Murakami
as Atsushi
Hideo Sakaki
as Teacher
Fujio Tokita
as Kamejiro
- SS
Sadae Sakae
- KM
Kazurô Maeda
Directed by Naomi Kawase