Mio on the Shore
Mio is 20 years old Japanese girl. Having lost her parents early, she and her grandmother run a traditional Japanese inn in Nagano. However, her grandmother gets sick. Mio comes to Tokyo and lives with her father’s best friend, Kyosuke. He runs a traditional public bath. She begins to help with his work, but it is scheduled that the public bath would be demolished on redevelopment.
Ryutaro Nakagawa
Casts & Crew
Honoka Matsumoto
Daichi Watanabe
Eri Tokunaga
Kaito Yoshimura
Ken Mitsuishi
Fumie Kashiyama
Also Directed by Ryutaro Nakagawa
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