Pool
5.7
A story of 6 days with 5 people gathered around a small sparkling pool at Chiang Mai in Thailand. 4 years ago, Kyoko started to live in Thailand and has been working in a Guest house outside in Chiang Mai, leaving her mother and her daughter Sayo, in Japan. Just before the graduation of University, Sayo sets foot on Thailand to visit her mother with mixed feelings. However, emotional experiences with the people living there changes such feelings toward her mother.
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Cast
16 people
Satomi Kobayashi
Kyoko
Known for
Godzilla vs. Mothra
After the Storm
Kana
Sayo
Also in
Bread and Soup and Cat Weather
Far Away, So Close
Mika Ohmori
Erika Sakurazawa
Masayasu Ishihara
Mineto Tani
Ryo Kase
Ichio
Known for
Letters from Iwo Jima
Outrage
Kumi Kobata
Masako Motai
Kikuko
Known for
Kamome Diner
Gemini
Shuichi Komuro
Sittichai Kongpila
Bei
Enma Maekawa
Mika Ohmori Director · Erica Sakurazawa Story Takahiro Kaneko Composer
Worldwide gross $320K · First release September 12, 2009 · Produced in Japan, Thailand
Box office
Worldwide gross
$320,005
Production
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Production · Distribution
Paradise Cafe
Production
VAP
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Shasha Corporation
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Suurkiitos
Production · Distribution
Gentosha
Production
Video Audio Project (VAP)
Production
Japan · Thailand
Produced in
Languages
Original title
プール
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese · Thai
Release dates
Japan · September 12, 2009
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Singapore
July 10, 2011 · Japanese Film Festival Singapore
South Korea
March 31, 2011 · Theatrical
Taiwan
December 10, 2010
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