They Say Nothing Stays the Same

They Say Nothing Stays the Same — Plot

Toichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides rowing a boat for the villagers all day long, he barely communicates with anyone except Genzo, a young neighbour. Upstream, a large bridge is being constructed. Everyone is excited, but Toichi has mixed feelings about it. One day, Toichi meets a mysterious girl. Having no family and no place to go, Toichi lets her stay with him, but this encounter starts to bring about changes to Toichi's life.

• Release date
• September 13, 2019
• Runtime
• 137 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Joe Odagiri

They Say Nothing Stays the Same — Cast

Akira Emoto Toichi Ririka Kawashima A Girl Nijiro Murakami Genzo Tsuyoshi Ihara The Man from the Construction Site Tadanobu Asano Regular customer Jun Murakami Merchant Yu Aoi Geisha Takashi Sasano Ushi's customer