Hometown (1983)

Deep in the mountains of Japan a dam is scheduled to be built, thus forcing a relocation of the farmers. One of them is 78-year-old Denzo, whose son and his wife consider him senile. Left alone, he befriends a young boy, Sentaro, who has heard that the old man was once a great angler. The unlikely pair spend lots of happy time together, until Denzo has a heart attack and dies far upstream. The dam is completed and the entire area is inundated. Everyone will move away, except Denzo.

Released Sept. 15, 1983 106 min None+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: mdblist.two-actors, imdb.gifu-japan, imdb.man-boy-relationship, imdb.dam, imdb.dementia, imdb.heart-attack, imdb.fishing + 2 more, imdb.submerged, imdb.older-person

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese