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Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Shōhei Imamura released in USA on 29 september 2001 with Kōji Yakusho

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)

Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
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Released in USA 29 september 2001
Length 1h59
Directed by
OriginJapon
Genres Drama,    Science fiction,    Comedy-drama,    Romantic comedy,    Fantasy,    Romance
Rating66% 3.3473253.3473253.3473253.3473253.347325

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (赤い橋の下のぬるい水, Akai Hashi no Shita no Nurui Mizu) is a 2001 Japanese film by director Shōhei Imamura. This was Imamura's last feature film. It was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.



^ "Festival de Cannes: Warm Water Under a Red Bridge". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-17.

Synopsis

Warm Water Under A Red Bridge focuses on the troubles of a Japanese "everyman" who finds a new life with an unusual woman in a small fishing village. Imamura's last film contains considerable commentary on the search for happiness.

Actors

Kōji Yakusho

(Yosuke Sasano)
Misa Shimizu

(Saeko Aizawa)
Mitsuko Baishō

(Mitsu Aizawa)
Toshie Negishi

(Tomoko Sasano)
Isao Natsuyagi

(Masayuki Uomi)
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