Details

Release year: 2011

Storyline

After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.

Top credits

Directors

Sion Sono

Writers

Cast

Shôta Sometani — Yuichi
Fumi Nikaidô — Keiko
Tetsu Watanabe — Shozo
Mitsuru Fukikoshi — Keita tamura

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Did you know

• The Sumida Boathouse was not an existing boathouse. It was constructed especially for the film. The shack in the middle of the lake was also constructed for the film.

• The original comic of "Himizu" did not have any elements of the earthquake disaster of March 11th 2011. A script was already written in early 2011, but the director decided to add the earthquake disaster into the story, making it the first film released that directly dealt with the subject.

• Sono Sion encouraged the actors to ad-lib and rearrange blocking.