A Quietude da Água (2014)

On a subtropical island, a teenage couple deal with the interwoven cycle of life, death and love.

Director:

Naomi Kawase

Writer:

Naomi Kawase (screenplay)

Stars:

Nijirô Murakami, Junko Abe, Miyuki Matsuda

4 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Nijirô Murakami	...	Kaito
Junko Abe	...	Kyôko (as Jun Yoshinaga)
Miyuki Matsuda	...	Isa
Tetta Sugimoto	...	Tôru
Makiko Watanabe	...	Misaki
Jun Murakami	...	Atsushi
Hideo Sakaki
Sadae Sakae
Kazurô Maeda
Mitsuaki Nakano
Yukiharu Kawabata
Yukiyo Maeda
Kinue Yasuda
Fujio Tokita

Storyline

On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. During the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend Kyoko will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life, death and love.

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Plot Keywords:

infidelity | full frontal female nudity | full male frontal nudity | underwater scene | death | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

M/14

Did You Know?

Trivia

Japanese title of the film, Futatsume no mado, literally means 'the second window'.

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Alternate Versions

The UK release was cut, scenes from the film were originally shown to the BBFC for advice. At which the company were informed that one scene was likely to be in breach of the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937 and was therefore unlikely to be suitable for classification. When the film was submitted for formal classification, this scene had been cut. This version of the film was consequently classified 15 without further changes.

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Soundtracks

Kyoko & Kaito
Composed by Hashiken
Piano by David Hadjadj
Arranged and Performed by David Hadjadj

User Reviews

Pretentious art film for the sake of art

I am a big admirer of Japanese cinema, film makers like Kurusawa, Koreeda, Oshima Imamura and the list goes on. And also from time to time I enjoy slow cinema, but in the case of Naomi Kawase Still The Water and her other previous film "Mourning Forest" for witch reasons i don't understand why the jury awarded it the grand prize there were far better films competing that year like Russia's entry and brilliant The Banishment. Still the water had an interesting concept for a great story and its tropical location and beautiful cinematography, still the screenplay falls flat the characters seem to sleepwalk through the whole film. I truly believe Naomi makes film for her and friends and she is unaware that audiences outside her realm are falling asleep to her films. i give this film a D.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France] Official site [Japan]

Country:

France Japan Spain

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

23 April 2015 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

A Quietude da Água

Filming Locations:

Amami, Kagoshima, Japan

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$383,948

Company Credits

Production Co:

WOWOW, Comme des Cinémas, Asmik Ace

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1