20-year-old Mio has lost her parents early and runs a traditional Japanese inn in Nagano with her grandmother. As her grandmother gets sick and hospitalized, Mio is forced to leave the inn and reluctantly comes to Tokyo to live with her father's old friend Kyosuke. Helping him at the bathhouse he runs, she begins to find her way in everyday life.
Mio on the Shore doesn't strive to be the most original film of the year, but its personal scope is one of its biggest strengths. With some breathtaking cinematography, equally dedicated to shots of mountains and landscapes as to people and the smallest of emotions, director Ryutaro Nakagawa weaves a spellbinding story of how Mio is trying to find her way through a new existence.
Genre: Drama. 1h 36min.
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