A Far Shore

2022 [JAPANESE]

Drama

4
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 208 208

Plot summary

Aoi has dropped out of high school and gives birth to a baby son with her husband Masaya. They live in Okinawa, the Southern island of Japan where they were both born. To make ends meet, she starts working as a night-club hostess. Masaya loses his job and cannot deal with the family’s responsibilities. Their immaturity and dependence aggravate the relationship and continuous fights lead to a social downfall. Aoi’s bond with her son sets her on a path to find solutions.

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1.11 GB
1280*768
Japanese 2.0
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25 fps
2 hr 3 min
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2.27 GB
1800*1080
Japanese 5.1
NR
Subtitles bg  cz  us  hr  hu  mk  pl  ro  sl  sr  
25 fps
2 hr 3 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Megan_Shida 7 / 10

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This is a really powerful movie. It's an indictment of Okinawa where there are twice as many teenage pregnancies as the rest of Japan. We see are protagonist, a single teenage mom, faced with no economic options and no help from family or government. The system is crooked, having no qualms with using resources to remove her child from her care but offering none to help her. This movie is the plight of many young women in a similar situation and the results are bleak: abusive relationships, prostitution, substance abuse, and crime. The lead performance is powerful and the film is shot in a really raw and powerful way, leaving no respite for the viewer as we experience the world from her position. Overall a bit long and I think maybe too focused on making a point, rather than telling the story. It's a powerful film not concerned about the viewer's entertainment.

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