The Catcher On The Shore
やぎの冒険 (original)
This drama depicts a boy's coming of age against the backdrop of Okinawa's food culture. Director Nakamura Ryugo was born in 1996. He made this film, his feature debut, when he was just fourteen years old. Okinawa has an old tradition of eating a goat for celebratory occasions. But that culture is starting to fade in urban areas. Yuto (Uehara Soji), a sixth grader living in Naha, spends his winter vacation in the countryside town where his grandparents reside. He receives a shock when he sees the goat raised by his grandfather killed by locals.
Starring Seima Gima, Susumu Taira, Soji Uehara, Taeko Yoshida
Watch "The Catcher On The Shore" from streaming services Amazon, Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 2010. It's a drama movie, and has a rating of 6.6 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.
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