The Flow of a River, the Sound of a Violin
1981, Japanese. Directed by Shōichirō Sasaki.
This is the first work in the "River" series, born from Sasaki's idea that "music was born on the banks of the river." The lives of people living on the banks of the river are depicted through "sounds" such as the bells and violins that ring through the town. The story is set in Cremona, a town on the banks of the Po River in northern Italy. A-san, a tuner, deepens her ties with the people living in the Po River basin while repairing broken violins.
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 1 May 1981
- Original title
- 川の流れはバイオリンの音
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Shōichirō Sasaki
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If you liked The Flow of a River, the Sound of a Violin, try The Young One, The River, The Sound of Silence.
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The Flow of a River, the Sound of a Violin (1981) was directed by Shōichirō Sasaki and stars Sachiyo Nakao, Jean Rodi, Giovanni Zaniboni.