The read
A Balasaur Score of 62 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10.
Synopsis
Toma lives in a small riverside town with his brutish father and his father's girlfriend. Witnessing his father's predilections for abuse, Toma becomes anxious that he will have inherited those urges.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Haruhiko AraiWriter
- Shinji AoyamaDirector
- Isao YamadaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Masaki SudaTouma
- Misaki KinoshitaChikusa
- Yukiko ShinoharaKotoko
- Ken MitsuishiMadoka
- Yuko TanakaJinko
- Ittoku KishibeDetective
- Yasushi FuchikamiYoung Detective
- Kyoko ShishikuraWoman in the Apartment
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Themes
small townabusive fatherredemptiondysfunctional familysexual violencedomestic violenceself-loathingabuseshōwa era (1926-89)