Shinji Aoyama : 2013
Tomogui
Toma is seventeen and lives by the river in Shimonoseki with his father, Madoka and Kotoko, his father's mistress. He sometimes visits his mother, Jinko, who resides on the other side of the bridge, making a living by cleaning fish. He is a witness to his father's shady activities and constant sexual abuse of Kotoko, and is shocked when he recognises some similarities he reluctantly shares with his father. These become even more evident when the young man cannot control his violent impulses towards Chigusa, with whom he has just started a relationship. Toma suddenly turns violent and Chigusa leaves him. When a typhoon approaches and floods the town, Kotoko, now pregnant, is able to escape from Toma's father. Enraged, the latter goes on a frantic search for his mistress. This will set in motion a search full of unexpected encounters. The film premiered in competition at Locarno Film Festival 2013.
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