Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life
2021, English. Directed by Jim Speers & Tu Neill.
At once tranquil and bracing, Tu Neill and Jim Speers’ film is a portrait of a seaside town and its vanishing way of life. Though it is now slowly emptying, Ayukawa was once a thriving coastal community, its success based on a practice rooted in tradition, custom, and ceremony: whaling. Through the voices of local elders, the film conveys how that form of hunting developed into the lifeblood of the town before cultural changes, international condemnation, and strict regulation brought it to the brink of non-existence.
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- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 3 October 2021
- Country
- Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom
- Written by
- Tu Neill, Jim Speers, Kentarô Yamada
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Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 October 2021. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life?
If you liked Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life, try Come See Me in the Good Light, Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me, To Kill a Tiger.
Who directed Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life?
Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life (2021) was directed by Jim Speers and Tu Neill.