Japan Synopsis
水で書かれた物語
Struggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about to marry, but is torn between his wife-to-be and the love to his mother.
The 1964–1966 Japan Window
74 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. A Story Written with Water sits at position #16.
Other Titles From Gendai Eigasha
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1960s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Story Written with Water premiered. 202 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
7.4
TMDB Rating
11
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier
Ranked #1,519 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (67th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #660 of 1,933 (top 34%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Gendai Eigasha |
| Runtime | 2h 0m |
| Release Date | November 23, 1965 |
| IMDb | tt0059758 |