Underwater Love
2011
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Synopsis
35-year-old Asuka works in a lakeside fish factory. She’s about to be married to her boss, Taki, but one day, she encounters a kappa – a water sprite found in Japanese folklore – and learns that the creature is in fact the reborn form of Aoki, an old crush who’d drowned when they were 17.
Underwater Love (2011) is a 1h 27min fantasy feature film by Shinji Imaoka. 35-year-old Asuka works in a lakeside fish factory. Selected for Fantastic Fest (2011).
Key facts
Cast
Sawa Masaki, Yoshirô Umezawa, Ai Narita, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Fumio Moriya, Hiroshi Sato, Emi Nishimura
Original language
German
First release
April 22, 2011 (Japan)
Crew
Screenplay
Fumio Moriya, Shinji Imaoka
Producer
Stephan Holl
Cinematography
Christopher Doyle
Editing
Ken Memita
Special makeup effects
Taiga Ishino
Trailer
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Festival History
- CPH:PIX 2012 generic
- Fantastic Fest 2011
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2011 generic
- Stockholm International Film Festival 2011 generic
- Tribeca Film Festival 2011 generic
Soundtracks
| Vinyl LP | Underwater Love - A Pink Musical - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Françoise Cactus, F.V. Finsterwalde, Stereo Total (2011) | 1 release, 2011: Disko B |
| CD | Underwater Love - A Pink Musical - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Françoise Cactus, F.V. Finsterwalde, Stereo Total (2011) | 2 releases, 2011: Disko B |
Releases & classifications
| Streaming | Japan | April 22, 2011 |
| Streaming | Switzerland | July 2, 2011 |
Versions & editions
| Home video | Brazil | November 21, 2011 |
Full credits
| Director | Shinji Imaoka |
| Cast | Sawa Masaki (Asuka Kawaguchi), Yoshirô Umezawa (Tetsuya Aoki), Ai Narita (Reiko Shima), Mutsuo Yoshioka (Hajime Taki), Fumio Moriya (Angel of Death), Hiroshi Sato, Emi Nishimura |
| Screenplay | Fumio Moriya, Shinji Imaoka |
| Producer | Stephan Holl |
| Cinematography | Christopher Doyle |
| Editing | Ken Memita |
| Special makeup effects | Taiga Ishino |
Additional data: TMDB.
