Main trailer and poster added for live-action film “The Water Flows to the Sea” starring Suzu Hirose & Riku Ohnishi. Movie is based on manga series “Mizu wa Umi ni Mukatte Nagareru” by Retto Tajima and directed by Tetsu Maeda (“And, the Baton Was Passed“).
“The Water Flows to the Sea” will be released June 9, 2023 in Japan.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Naotatsu Kumazawa (Riku Ohnishi) is set to start high school. To commute to school, Naotatsu Kumazawa will stay with his uncle, Shigemichi Utagawa’s (Kengo Kora). On a heavily rainy day, Naotatsu Kumazawa arrives at the nearest stop from his uncle’s house. At that time, a strange adult female, Chisa Sakaki (Suzu Hirose), is waiting for him at the station. She takes him to a sharehouse. Naotatsu Kumazawa begins to live with other people at the share house including Chisa Sakaki, his uncle Shigemichi Utagawa, Hayate Izumiya (Junki Tozuka) and Kenzo Naruse (Katsuhisa Namase). All the people there come from different backgrounds. Chisa Sakaki is a 26-year-old OL. Shigemichi Utagawa is a manga writer, but his parents don’t know that he quit his regular job to become a manga writer. Hayate Izumiya is a fortune-teller and dresses in women’s clothes. Kenzo Naruse is a university professor who travels all around the world. Living with them, Naotatsu Kumazawa becomes to have feelings for Chisa Sakaki, but Chisa Sakaki says she doesn’t want a romantic relationship. Naotatsu Kumazawa and Chisa Sakaki had an unexpected connection in their past. What is the reason why Chisa Sakaki doesn’t want to have a romantic relationship?
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