Mio on the Shore
6.7
Mio is 20 years old. Having lost her parents early, she and her grandmother run a traditional inn in Nagano. However, her grandmother gets sick. Mio moves to Tokyo and lives with her father’s best friend, Kyosuke. He runs a public bath. She begins to work at the public bath, but it is scheduled to be demolished to make way for redevelopment.
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Cast
38 people
Honoka Matsumoto
Mio Miyakawa
Known for
Ride Your Wave
Over the Sky
Daichi Watanabe
Ginji Ogata
Known for
Asako I & II
The World of Kanako
Yuma Arai
Ryutaro Nakagawa
Also in
Yakushima's Illusion
The Deepest Space in Us
Hikaru Kimura
Hisaki Kato
Eri Tokunaga
Makoto Shimamura
Known for
Hula Girls
Achilles and the Tortoise
Takashi Fujimura
Rei Hirano
Kaito Yoshimura
Toshihito Arai
Known for
Tokyo Swindlers
Million Yen Women
Keitaro Sakon
Ryosuke Honaka
Ryutaro Nakagawa Director · Keitaro Sakon Screenplay Harumi Uraki Screenplay
First release April 19, 2019 · Produced in Japan · Production Tokyo New Cinema, Phantom Film
Production
WIT STUDIO
Production
Tokyo New Cinema
Production
Phantom Film
Production · Distribution
Phantom Films
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Japan
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Original title
わたしは光をにぎっている
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Russia · April 19, 2019
Premiere · Moscow International Film Festival
Japan · November 15, 2019
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
February 26, 2024 · Premiere · Eiga-Sai Film Festival
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