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Rating: 6.5 stars

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Japan mubi winter snow child loneliness dogs isolation cold weather

All movies seen on 01/16/2019

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The Night I Swam (2018)

Directed by Damien Manivel, Igarashi Kohei

Drama

Overview

Snow covered mountains in Japan. Every night, a fisherman makes his way to the market in town.  His 6 year old son is awoken by his departure and finds it impossible to fall back to sleep. In the sleeping household, the young boy draws a picture he then slips into his satchel. On his way to school, still drowsy, he strays off the path and wanders into the snow…

Length 79 minutes

Actors

Kogawa Takara | Takashi Kogawa | Keiki Kogawa | Chisato Kogawa | Yûji Kudô

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Mediative and quiet spin on a latchkey kid in a wintery Aomori, Japan. Well-made independent film that shows how the isolation and coldness is also experienced for the Japanese living there. Eerily relatable.

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