Mio on the Shore
Genres
Overview
Mio is 20 years old. Having lost her parents early, she and her grandmother run a traditional inn in Nagano. However, her grandmother gets sick. Mio moves to Tokyo and lives with her father’s best friend, Kyosuke. He runs a public bath. She begins to work at the public bath, but it is scheduled to be demolished to make way for redevelopment.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
96 min
Release Date
2019-11-15
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
12
Vote Average
7.417
Honoka Matsumoto
Mio Miyakawa
Daichi Watanabe
Ginji Ogata
Eri Tokunaga
Makoto Shimamura
Kaito Yoshimura
Toshihito Arai
Shugo Oshinari
Yuu Iseki
Ken Mitsuishi
Kyosuke Misawa
Fumie Kashiyama
Kuniko Miyakawa
An Ogawa
Jasmine
Sakurako Konishi
Matsumoto Kiyo
Kina Ishida
Mari Yasukawa
Yua Shiraishi
Kazuaki Nagaya
Manager
Yuriko Kawasaki
Ryunosuke Azuma
Moka Kobayashi
Nanami Ueno
Mayumi Sakura
Public Bath Customer
Aiko Masuda
Erina Masuda
Kazue Mitani
Nagomu Miyamoto
Derbew Yenet
Mitsuru Yamazaki
Anne Ogawa
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