The Roots

2013 118 min

Overview

Naoshi is a hale old man of 79 from the Kesen district of Iwate Prefecture who has spent his whole life working as a woodcutter and carpenter. When the tsunami hit in March 2011, the wooden beams of his house didn’t even warp after water reached the second floor, although his son was washed away and drowned in the flood. Naoshi is determined to rebuild his house in the exact same spot, to live out his days in the place he was born and continue to honour his son’s memory.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

Japan

Spoken Languages

Japanese ja

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Cast

Naoshi Sato

Himself

Crew

Yoko Gon

Producer

Kaoru Ikeya

Director

Masaharu Fukui

Cinematography

Yoko Kwon

Producer

Hideki Kaneko

Cinematography

Yuta Sakaguchi

Cinematography

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