Water Flows Towards the Sea

Water Flows Towards the Sea

123 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | June 9, 2023

The story of a family of five strangers living under one roof. Naotatsu is set to stay with his uncle as he enters a new high school. However, a woman he has never met, Sakaki-san, picks him up at the station. He now shares a house with a salaryman who quit to become a mangaka unbeknownst his parents (the uncle), a cross-dressing fortune teller, a college professor, and a 25 year old office lady all quirky in their own ways. Naotatsu, a high school freshman, begins the strange days of living under the same roof with them.

Water Flows Towards the Sea

123 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | June 9, 2023

Water Flows Towards the Sea
The story of a family of five strangers living under one roof. Naotatsu is set to stay with his uncle as he enters a new high school. However, a woman he has never met, Sakaki-san, picks him up at the station. He now shares a house with a salaryman who quit to become a mangaka unbeknownst his parents (the uncle), a cross-dressing fortune teller, a college professor, and a 25 year old office lady all quirky in their own ways. Naotatsu, a high school freshman, begins the strange days of living under the same roof with them.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Happinet Phantom Studios
Original title 水は海に向かって流れる
Directors Tetsu Maeda
Writers Retto Tajima, Satomi Oshima

Cast

Suzu Hirose

as Chisa Sakaki

Riku Onishi

as Naotatsu Kumazawa

Kengo Kora

as Shigemichi Utagawa / Nigemichi

Ami Touma

as Kaede Izumiya

Junki Tozuka

as Hayate Izumiya

Masanobu Katsumura

as Jingo Sakaki

Yukiya Kitamura

as Tatsuo Kumazawa

Maki Sakai

as Sanae Takashima

Katsuhisa Namase

as Kenzo Naruse