CinemaOSMovie · 2019 · 2h 17m

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

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Toichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides rowing a boat for the villagers all day long, he barely communicates with anyone except Genzo, a young neighbour. Upstream, a large bridge is being constructed. Everyone is excited, but Toichi has mixed feelings about it. One day, Toichi meets a mysterious girl. Having no family and no place to go, Toichi lets her stay with him, but this encounter starts to bring about changes to Toichi's life.

Directed byJoe Odagiri

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 17m
Language
JA
Released
September 13, 2019
Studios
Kinoshita Group

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They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019) | Trailer | Joe Odagiri | Akira Emoto | Ririka Kawashima

They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019) | Trailer | Joe Odagiri | Akira Emoto | Ririka Kawashima

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Toichi

Ririka Kawashima

Ririka Kawashima

A Girl

Nijiro Murakami

Nijiro Murakami

Genzo

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Tsuyoshi Ihara

The Man from the Construction Site

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Regular customer

Jun Murakami

Jun Murakami

Merchant

Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Geisha

Takashi Sasano

Takashi Sasano

Ushi's customer

Mitsuko Kusabue

Mitsuko Kusabue

Woman on the Boat

Haruomi Hosono

Haruomi Hosono

Nihei's Father

Creative team
Directed by
Joe Odagiri
Joe Odagiri
Written by
Joe Odagiri
Joe Odagiri
Produced by
Shôzô Ichiyama
Shôzô Ichiyama
Yusaku Nakajima

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