WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE
synopsis
Yosuke has been laid off. His wife has given up on him and he's living on the streets of Tokyo, constantly looking for work. He stumbles upon an interesting story told by Taro, a homeless wanderer. Taro tells Yosuke that he stole a valuable gold Buddhist statue from a temple in Kyoto, and hid it in a house by a red bridge in a town on the Noto Peninsula near the Sea of Japan.
international title: | WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE |
original title: | AKAI HASHI NO SHITA NO NURUI MIZU |
country: | France, Japan |
sales agent: | Pyramide International |
year: | 2001 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Shohei Imamura |
film run: | 119' |
release date: | FR 28/11/2001, CH 05/12/2001, BE 30/01/2002, UK 15/03/2002, IT 22/03/2002, NL 05/09/2002, ES 18/09/2002, GR 27/09/2002 |
screenplay: | Shohei Imamura, Motofumi Tomikawa, Daisuke Tengan |
cast: | Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, Mansaku Fuwa, Kazuo Kitramura |
cinematography by: | Shigeru Komatsubara |
film editing: | Hajime Okayasu |
art director: | Hisao Inagaki |
music: | Shinichiro Ikebe |
production: | Comme des Cinémas, CDP - Catherine Dussart Productions, Nikkatsu Corporation, Imamura Production, Eisei Gekijo, Maru Limited |
distributor: | Pyramide Distribution, Film Coop (CH), Progres Film (BE), Tartan Distribution (UK), BIM Distribuzione (IT), Vertigo Film (ES) |