Shinji AOYAMA 青山真治
Backwater
共喰い
Nippon Cinema ª
1988: Toma, aged 17, lives with his father and his father’s mistress in a village by the river. His father has a violent trait: he beats women while having sex, which is why Tomaʼs mother left home shortly after giving birth to him. Toma has hated his father, but comes to realize that the very same blood, the beastly nature, also runs inside him.
共喰い
Tomogui
Japan 2013
102 minutes
Director
Shinji AOYAMA
Script
Haruhiko ARAI based on a novel by Shinya TANAKA
Cinematography
Takahiro IMAI
Music
Isao YAMADA, Shinji AOYAMA
Production
Stylejam
World sales
REZO
Cast
Masaki SUDA, Misaki KINOSHITA, Yukiko SHINOHARA, Ken MITSUISHI, Yuko TANAKA
About Shinji AOYAMA
青山真治
Shinji AOYAMA (1964–2022) studied at Rikkyo University before making his first feature film HELPLESS in 1996. In 2000, his film EUREKA received the FIPRESCI Prize, as well as the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, in Cannes. His films were regularly shown at festivals such as Cannes, Venice or Locarno.