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Release Date:
June 3, 2017
Original Title:
海辺のリア
Alternate Titles:
Lear on the Shore
Umibe no Lear
Umibe no Ria
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Monkey Town Productions
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 105
Kuwahata Chokichi used to be a famous actor, but now he's suspected to be suffering from dementia. He is betrayed by his older daughter, Yukiko, her husband-cum-his-former-disciple, Ikuo, and Yukiko's lover, a mysterious driver, and gets sent to a high-class old folks' home. One day, Choukichi runs away from the home and wanders to the beach where he meets his younger daughter, Nobuko, who he had with his lover. Although he had thrown Nobuko out in the past, he begins to imagine seeing her as the image of Cordelia, who is the beloved daughter of King Lear, after talking to her. Gradually, his past memories start to come back to him, and Choukichi heads towards the world of insanity.
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Art Direction:
Takashi Suzuki
Assistant Director:
Kazuhiko Ishida
Associate Producer:
Nick Uemura
Cinematography:
Kôichi Furuya
Costume Design:
Kazuko Kurosawa
Director:
Masahiro Kobayashi
Director of Photography:
Chigi Kanbe
Editor:
Naoki Kaneko
Executive Producer:
Shigemichi Sugita
Makeup Artist:
Naoko Koizumi
Music:
Junpei Sakuma
Musician:
Matthias Strings
Producer:
Tomoyuki Miyagawa
Masahiro Kobayashi
Production Manager:
Masatoshi Tanase
Screenplay:
Masahiro Kobayashi
Sound:
Hajime Komiya
Sound Effects Editor:
Keisuke Shibuya
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