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The Man From the Sea

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Original title

Umi wo kakeru

Year

2018

Running time

107 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Kôji Fukada

Screenwriter

Kôji Fukada

Cast

Music

Hiroyuki Onogawa

Cinematography

Akiko Ashizawa

Producer

Nikkatsu. Distributor: Nikkatsu International Sales

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

An Indonesian town by the sea has been ruined by war and tsunami. A man is found on the coast there by Atsuko and her son Takashi. They are working in disaster recovery. The man speaks poor Japanese and Indonesian. They name him Rau which means sea in Indonesian and protect him. Soon, Rau is connected with many miraculous cases.

Critics' reviews

"[It] remains frustratingly ambiguous about the nature of the enigmatic Japanese guy (...) The film proves most fascinating when he is working miracles"

Peter Debruge: Variety

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The Man From the Sea

2018

Kôji Fukada