Backwater

Lord of the Flies meets The 400 Blows. Toma lives with his abusive father. Carried by a young protagonist's dark coming-of-age.

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Shinji Aoyama directed Backwater in 2013. See Shinji Aoyama's full filmography, where to start with Shinji Aoyama, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shinji Aoyama.

Backwater was released in 2013 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 102 minutes.