Backwater
Trailer: Backwater
Year: 2013
Genre: Drama
Studio: Bitters End, stylejam, GEEK PICTURES, Amuse Soft Entertainment, MIDSHIP
Director: Shinji Aoyama
Cast: Masaki Suda, Misaki Kinoshita, Yukiko Shinohara, Ken Mitsuishi, Yuko Tanaka, Ittoku Kishibe
Crew: Shinji Aoyama (Director), Shinya Tanaka (Novel), Haruhiko Arai (Writer), Mariko Tanaka (Hairstylist), Mariko Tanaka (Makeup Artist), Takahiro Imai (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 102 minutes
Release: Sep 07, 2013
IMDb: 6.10/10 by 27 users
Popularity: 4
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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