Mio on the Shore (2019)

Profile

• Movie: Mio on the Shore
• Romaji: Watashi wa Hikari wo Niggite Iru

• Japanese: わたしは光をにぎっている
• Director: Ryutaro Nakagawa
• Writer: Harumi Uraki, Ryutaro Nakagawa, Keitaro Sakon
• Producer:
• Cinematographer:
• Release Date: November 15, 2019
• Runtime: 96 min.
• Distributor: Phantom Film
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Mio (Honoka Matsumoto) is 20-years-old. Her grandmother, who raised her instead of her late parents, is hospitalized. Mio leaves her hometown and goes to Tokyo to find a new job. She has a hard time adapting to life in Tokyo. Mio takes a job at a public bathhouse in an old shopping district. While working at the bathhouse, she interacts with the people in the area and begins to enjoy her time in Tokyo. Mio hears that the shopping district will be demolished.