GET 25% OFF YOUR FIRST YEAR!

Limited time - use promo code: JUNETEENTH26 at checkout

Live stream preview

Watch this video and more on BFI Player Classics

Watch this video and more on BFI Player Classics

Start your free trial Learn more

Already subscribed? Sign in

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

Japanese Cinema • Comedy, Drama, Romance, UR, 05-Jan-2001

Yosuke, a recently unemployed Tokyo businessman, estranged from his wife travels to a remote fishing village after hearing rumours of hidden treasure. Instead, he meets Saeko, a mysterious woman who gushes water when sexually aroused. Enamoured, Yosuke decides to start a new life as a local fisherman. The pair embark on a passionate affair and a search for happiness in the most unexpected ways.

Cast
Kôji Yakusho Yosuke Sasano
Misa Shimizu Saeko Aizawa
Mitsuko Baisho Mitsu Aizawa
Kazuo Kitamura Taro
Crew
Shohei Imamura director

Up Next in Japanese Cinema

  • A Snake of June
    1:16:53
    A Snake of June

    A Snake of June

    Rinko (Asuka Kurosawa) and Shigehiko (Yuji Kotari) are a strange couple, whose physical mismatch (she a lithe beauty, he an overweight, balding, obsessive-compulsive neurotic) is reflected in the complete lack of intimacy between them. They connect as human beings, but they live more like friends...

×