Riverside Mukoritta (2022)

Profile

• Movie: Riverside Mukolitta
• Romaji: Kawapperi Mukolitta
• Japanese: 川っぺりムコリッタ
• Director: Naoko Ogigami
• Writer: Naoko Ogigami (novel & screenplay)
• Producer: Ryoko Nozoe, Takuro Nagai, Shintaro Hori
• Cinematographer: Hiroki Ando
• Release Date: September 16, 2022
• Runtime: 120 min.
• Distributor: Kadokawa Pictures
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Takeshi (Kenichi Matsuyama) arrives in a small village in the Hokuriku region. There, he begins to work at a small factory which makes shiokara (salted fish paste). Through the introduction of the CEO of the factory, he begins to live in at an old and cheap apartment building. One day, his apartment building neighbor Kozo (Tsuyoshi Muro) visits Takeshi and asks to take a bath in his bathroom. Since then, Takeshi begins to make relations with the residents at the apartment building and he becomes friends with Kozo. Later, Kozo learns the secret on why Takeshi came to the village.