Hometown

1983 1h 46m JA

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

Synopsis

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Deep in the mountains of Japan a dam is scheduled to be built, thus forcing a relocation of the farmers. One of them is 78-year-old Denzo, whose son and his wife consider him senile. Left alone, he befriends a young boy, Sentaro, who has heard that the old man was once a great angler. The unlikely pair spend lots of happy time together, until Denzo has a heart attack and dies far upstream. The dam is completed and the entire area is inundated. Everyone will move away, except Denzo.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yoshi Katō
Denzo
Hiroyuki Nagato
Denroku
Fumie Kashiyama
Susumu Asai
Gin Maeda
Kirin Kiki
Tokue Hanazawa
Kōjirō Kusanagi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Seijiro Koyama
Writers: Seijiro Koyama, Kōsuke Hirakata, Kōsuke Hirakata
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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43 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Seijiro Koyama, shot by Fuminori Minami. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Masao Haryu. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Mitsuo Kondō shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Yoshi Katō and Hiroyuki Nagato and Fumie Kashiyama carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0171332 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Seijiro Koyama directs. Fuminori Minami behind the camera. Masao Haryu scores. Mitsuo Kondō cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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143 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Seijiro Koyama, shot by Fuminori Minami. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Masao Haryu. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Mitsuo Kondō shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Yoshi Katō and Hiroyuki Nagato and Fumie Kashiyama carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0171332 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.