If you want to read my review of The Water Flows to the Sea, read this post. In 水は海に向かって流れる, Chisa Sakaki had been abandoned by her mother after she betrayed her father and swore never to fall in love, but when she met Naotatsu, things began to change.
Chisa Sakaki (Suzu Hirose) lived in the shared house and did Shigemichi (Kengo Kora) a favor by picking up his nephew at the bus station.
“Your uncle is busy right now and can’t step away.”
Naotatsu Kumazawa (Riku Ohnishi) asked his parents to let him live with his uncle to be closer to school, but he didn’t clarify the circumstances.
“If they find out i’m in a shared house, they’ll probably tell me to go home.”
Despite the favor, from the beginning, Sakaki treated Naotatsu very coldly, for no apparent reason.
The Water Flows to the Sea: japanese movie review
Upon arriving at the shared house, Naotatsu met the second resident, Hayate Izumiya (Junki Tozuka), a very friendly man, in contrast to Sakaki.
“One other person is on a business trip overseas, so here are five of us, including you.”
Kenzo Naruse (Katsuhisa Namase) was the 6th resident, a professor of Anthropology at Tokyo College and a former classmate of Sasaki’s father.
“I went to Bolivia for a fieldwork.”
At the new school, he naturally became friends with Kaede Izumiya (Ami Toma), Hayate’s sister and the most coveted student among the other boys.
And the two overheard Sakaki telling Naruse that Naotatsu’s father, Tatsuo Kumazawa (Yukiya Kitamura), betrayed the family with her mother, who abandoned her.
“There a things a kid is better off not knowing.”
Naokatsu considers returning home, but when he calls his mother, he discovers that his father was arriving at the shared house.
Sakaki finds herself facing the man who destroyed her family and his son, a good boy who had nothing to do with the situation.
The Water Flows to the Sea: japanese movie review
Despite Sakaki’s pain, cheating is approached in Japan much more naturally than in other countries.
I mean, everyone cheats, but in certain cultures people prefer to turn a blind eye to the possibility of facing the fact.
Interesting fact: Japanese women don’t consider prostitution to be cheating because there isn’t affection involved in the act.
Why you should watch The Water Flows to the Sea
I won’t leave The Water Flows to the Sea ending explained or a download link here, but the plot of this Japanese film is very easy to identify with deeply.
And despite the protagonist’s melancholy, the settings and scenes are beautiful and cheerful, with a profusion of vibrant colors.
The Water Flows to the Sea trailer
I really feel that you will like this one. So I decided to do this Mizu wa Umi ni Mukatte Nagareru review. Go ahead, immerse yourself in the story, the environment and the soundtrack.
And come back later to tell me what you think in the comments. This Japanese movie is the Live Action of Rettō Tajima’s manga.
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