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They Say Nothing Stays the Same

Dir. Joe Odagiri·2019·2h 17m

Toichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides rowing a boat for the villagers all day long, he barely communicates with anyone except Genzo, a young neighbour. Upstream, a large bridge is being constructed. Everyone is excited, but Toichi has mixed feelings about it. One day, Toichi meets a mysterious girl. Having no family and no place to go, Toichi lets her stay with him, but this encounter starts to bring about changes to Toichi's life.

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Joe Odagiri

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2h 17m
Cross-source blend ~68/100

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Countries

Japan

Ratings

TMDB users

6.8/10

6 votes

Rating consensus

68/100 blend

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Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~68/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.

Cast

Akira Emoto

Toichi

Ririka Kawashima

A Girl

Nijiro Murakami

Genzo

Tsuyoshi Ihara

The Man from the Construction Site

Tadanobu Asano

Regular customer

Jun Murakami

Merchant

Yu Aoi

Geisha

Takashi Sasano

Ushi's customer

Mitsuko Kusabue

Woman on the Boat

Haruomi Hosono

Nihei's Father

Masatoshi Nagase

Nihei

Isaao Hashizume

Doctor

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