A Pool Without Water

Here's a film that thinks it's about something. Our man, a railway worker, rescues a woman, discovers a knock-out drug, and descends into violent crime. It's a Kōji Wakamatsu film, so we know exactly the kind of "ideas" it's interested in.

Streaming availability changes weekly. Check the Where to watch panel above — we re-pull TMDB's JustWatch index every week. If nothing's listed, the film is between licence windows.

Our similarity graph picks 6 films based on shared director, keywords, mood-cluster overlap, and MovieLens user co-rating — niche-biased away from blockbusters. Full list: /like/a-pool-without-water-1982/.

Kōji Wakamatsu directed A Pool Without Water in 1982. See Kōji Wakamatsu's full filmography, where to start with Kōji Wakamatsu, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kōji Wakamatsu.

A Pool Without Water was released in 1982 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 103 minutes.