Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

2001 · directed by Shōhei Imamura

Rating

70/100

Hit

no

When a dying friend tells out-of-work salaryman Yosuke about a hidden treasure, he sets off in search of the only clue about its location: a house by a red bridge. What he finds instead is a woman who transcends all his fantasies.

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001), directed by Shōhei Imamura, rates 70/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Koji Yakusho
• Misa Shimizu
• Mitsuko Baisho
• Mansaku Fuwa
• Isao Natsuyagi
• Yukiya Kitamura
• Hijiri Kojima
• Toshie Negishi
• Sumiko Sakamoto
• Mickey Curtis

Crew

• Shigeru Komatsubara — Director of Photography
• Hajime Okayasu — Editor
• Shinichiro Ikebe — Original Music Composer
• Daisuke Tengan — Screenplay
• Motofumi Tomikawa — Screenplay
• Shōhei Imamura — Screenplay

More from Shōhei Imamura

1. The Ballad of Narayama (1983) — 88/100 · hit
2. The Pornographers (1966) — 84/100 · hit
3. Vengeance Is Mine (1979) — 83/100 · hit
4. Black Rain (1989) — 81/100 · hit
5. The Eel (1997) — 80/100 · hit
6. The Insect Woman (1963) — 78/100

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