A Child’s Snowy Quest to Find his Father
The silent film ‘The Night I Swam’ follows the journey of Takara, a young boy alone in an adult world he is yet to understand.
© 2018 MLDfilms/shellac/NOBO
Co-created by Damien Manivel and Kohei Igarashi, the dramatic film The Night I Swam tells the story of a six-year-old child, Takara, who wants to show his father a drawing. The only problem is that his father is a fisherman who leaves for work in the morning, far earlier than Takara wakes up for school.
Determined, the young boy decides to skip school and go to the fish market. The film follows his adventure (on foot, by train, and by car) across the snowy landscape of Aomori and shows the innocence of a child in an adult world he is yet to understand. Words are absent, but the beauty of the landscape speaks volumes.
The Night I Swam (2018), a movie directed by Damien Manivel and Kohei Igarashi, was released on DVD by Shellac.
© 2018 MLDfilms/shellac/NOBO
© 2018 MLDfilms/shellac/NOBO
© 2018 MLDfilms/shellac/NOBO
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