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Rating: 8 stars

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Japan black and white mubi small town cats fishing fish cat old age life

All movies seen on 03/31/2019

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Inland Sea (2018)

Directed by Kazuhiro Soda

Documentary

Overview

Wai-chan is one of the last remaining fishermen in Ushimado, a small village in Seto Inland Sea, Japan. At the age of 86, he still fishes alone on a small boat to make a living, dreaming about his retirement. Kumi-san is an 84 year old villager who wanders around the shore everyday. She believes a social welfare facility “stole” her disabled son to receive subsidy from the government. A “late - stage elderly” Koso-san runs a small seafood store left by her deceased husband. She sells fish to local villagers and provides leftovers to stray cats. Foresaken by the modernization of post-war Japan, the town Ushimado’s rich, ancient culture and tight-knit community are on on the verge of disappearing.

Length 122 minutes

Actors

Waichiro Murata | Kumiko Komiyama

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Really love this. Meditative and poignant. Just the day in the lives of these octogenarians in this small fishing town. They do their daily routine and tell stories about it and their lives. Quite melancholy knowing that these little villages are drying up as no more young people inhabit them.

I could easily watch more films like these done all around Japan. Interesting choice to go black & white and somehow makes it more sad.

This is another film that makes me happy I have MUBI. Not sure how I would’ve discovered this otherwise.

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