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Mio on the Shore

Mio on the Shore

20197.41h 36m

Overview

Mio is 20 years old. Having lost her parents early, she and her grandmother run a traditional inn in Nagano. However, her grandmother gets sick. Mio moves to Tokyo and lives with her father’s best friend, Kyosuke. He runs a public bath. She begins to work at the public bath, but it is scheduled to be demolished to make way for redevelopment.

Directed by Ryutaro Nakagawa
Written by Ryutaro Nakagawa, Keitaro Sakon, Harumi Uraki
Produced by Takashi Fujimura, George Wada, Hikaru Kinouchi
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Top Cast

Honoka Matsumoto

Honoka Matsumoto

Mio Miyakawa

Daichi Watanabe

Daichi Watanabe

Ginji Ogata

Eri Tokunaga

Eri Tokunaga

Makoto Shimamura

Kaito Yoshimura

Kaito Yoshimura

Toshihito Arai

Shugo Oshinari

Shugo Oshinari

Yuu Iseki

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Kyosuke Misawa

Fumie Kashiyama

Fumie Kashiyama

Kuniko Miyakawa

An Ogawa

An Ogawa

Jasmine

Sakurako Konishi

Sakurako Konishi

Matsumoto Kiyo

Matsumoto Kiyo

Kina Ishida

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Themes & Keywords

mountain lakepoemtokyo, japanpublic showercity redevelopmentsentō

About Mio on the Shore

Mio on the Shore is a drama film released in 2019 exploring themes of mountain lake, poem, tokyo, japan, public shower, city redevelopment, sentō. Directed by Ryutaro Nakagawa, it stars Honoka Matsumoto, Daichi Watanabe, Eri Tokunaga. Mio is 20 years old. Having lost her parents early, she and her grandmother run a traditional inn in Nagano. However, her grandmother gets sick. Mio moves to Tokyo and lives with her father’s best friend, Kyosuke. He runs a public bath. She begins to work at the public bath, but it is scheduled to be demolished to make way for redevelopment.

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