The Backwater

The Backwater

Overview

Cannes Film Festival winner Shinji Aoyama creates a chilling atmosphere in this adaptation of an award-winning novel. A young man tries to fight the deadly influence of his violent, abusive dad. Will the sins of the father carry on to the next generation in the bloodline?

Ratings

IMDb 6.2
TMDB 5.9
Rotten Tomatoes 62

Details

Director Shinji Aoyama
Cast Ittoku Kishibe, Ken Mitsuishi, Masaki Suda, Misaki Kinoshita, Yukiko Shinohara, Yūko Tanaka
Genre Drama
Country Japan
Release Year 2013
Runtime: 1h 42m
Release Date: 2013-09-07
Awards: Awards, 5 wins & 6 nominations total