Oboreru Hito
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Cast & Crew
Naoki Ichio
Reiko Kataoka
Shinya Tsukamoto
Senko Hida
Takehiro Uebaba
Hiromi Unakami
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Synopsis
One evening Yumiko drowns in her bath. Her husband Tokiyo notices, but doesn't know what to do. He makes some coffee, drains the bath, carries Yumiko to the living-room couch and begs her to revive. Meanwhile Yumiko herself feels that she's dreaming- of being dead, of walking alone through scrubland. The next day, things are nearly normal. Tokiyo, hungover, says he had a nightmare. Yumiko prepares their meal. And so it goes... Soon something starts to smell bad in the apartment. Yumiko uses air fresheners to camouflage it and tells Tokiyo that she feels she's not herself any more. A male friend visits Tokiyo, and also seems to end up drowned in the bath. And so, Tokiyo comes to realize how beautiful Yumiko is- or was -and how he owes her everything.
Director
Naoki Ichio
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Released in United States 2001
Released in United States July 2001
Released in United States November 2001
Released in United States on Video April 22, 2008
Shown at PIA Film Festival July 2001.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival November 9-17, 2001.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Dragons & Tigers/ in competition) September 27 - October 12, 2001.
Feature directorial debut for short filmmaker Naoki Ichio.
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Dragons & Tigers/ in competition) September 27 - October 12, 2001.)
Released in United States on Video April 22, 2008
Released in United States July 2001 (Shown at PIA Film Festival July 2001.)
Released in United States November 2001 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival November 9-17, 2001.)
