Aoi is a seventeen-year-old mother living in Okinawa who drops out of school so she can work an illegal job as a nightclub hostess for rent money. Struggling to protect her child while trapped in a seemingly never-ending cycle of poverty and violence with her deadbeat husband, she turns to ever more dangerous choices in order to survive.

The acclaimed third feature from Japanese writer/director Masaaki Kudo, A FAR SHORE had its international premiere at the Karlovy International Film Festival and went on to win the Audience Award at Tokyo FILMeX.

“An emotional blockbuster full of poetry and lyricism.” –Filmuforia

DIRECTED BY MASAAKI KUDO
JAPAN | 2022 | JAPANESE, OKINAWAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES