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They Say Nothing Stays the Same

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

2019•2h 17m•

★6.8(6 ratings)

Drama

Overview

Toichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides rowing a boat for the villagers all day long, he barely communicates with anyone except Genzo, a young neighbour. Upstream, a large bridge is being constructed. Everyone is excited, but Toichi has mixed feelings about it. One day, Toichi meets a mysterious girl. Having no family and no place to go, Toichi lets her stay with him, but this encounter starts to bring about changes to Toichi's life.

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Main Cast

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Toichi

Ririka Kawashima

Ririka Kawashima

A Girl

Nijiro Murakami

Nijiro Murakami

Genzo

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Tsuyoshi Ihara

The Man from the Construction Site

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Regular customer

Jun Murakami

Jun Murakami

Merchant

Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Geisha

Takashi Sasano

Takashi Sasano

Ushi's customer

Mitsuko Kusabue

Mitsuko Kusabue

Woman on the Boat

Haruomi Hosono

Haruomi Hosono

Nihei's Father

Masatoshi Nagase

Masatoshi Nagase

Nihei

Isaao Hashizume

Isaao Hashizume

Doctor

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Joe Odagiri
Assistant Director: Dan MATSUMOTO

Writing

Screenplay: Joe Odagiri

Production

Producer: Shôzô Ichiyama
Producer: Yusaku Nakajima
Producer: Takuro Nagai
Executive Producer: Naoya Kinoshita
Production Manager: Takahiro Shinomiya

Music & Sound

Sound: Mitsugu Shiratori
Original Music Composer: Tigran Hamasyan
Sound Effects: Masaya Kitada

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Christopher Doyle

Editing

Editor: Joe Odagiri
Editor: Masaya Okazaki

Art Direction

Production Design: Takashi Sasaki
Decorator: Junichi Ishigami

Costume & Make-Up

Costume Designer: Emi Wada
Costumer: Kazuo Matsuda
Makeup Designer: Katsuhiko Yuhmi
Hair Designer: Katsuhiko Yuhmi

Visual Effects

VFX Supervisor: Takeshi Shin

Keywords

mysterious womanmeiji periodferryman

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Did You Know?

#1

The original title is "ある船頭の話" (JA).

#2

The runtime is 137 minutes (2h 17m).

#3

The film was directed by Joe Odagiri.

#4

The screenplay was written by Joe Odagiri.

#5

The score was composed by Tigran Hamasyan.

#6

Cinematography was handled by Christopher Doyle.

#7

This title is listed on IMDb as tt10752196.

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Rating

6.8/10

Good

6 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

ある船頭の話

Status:

Released

Language:

日本語

Country of Origin:

Japan

Production Companies:

Kinoshita Group

Kinoshita Group