Mio on the Shore

Oslo, August 31st without ennui. A young woman leaves her family inn after her grandmother falls ill. She moves to Tokyo and takes a job at a bathhouse run by her father's friend. A quiet film about transitions, set against the march of modernization.

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Ryutaro Nakagawa directed Mio on the Shore in 2019. See Ryutaro Nakagawa's full filmography, where to start with Ryutaro Nakagawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Ryutaro Nakagawa.

Mio on the Shore was released in 2019 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 96 minutes.