Backwater
2013 1h 42m movie Film Japan

Backwater

共喰い

Synopsis

共喰い

Toma lives in a small riverside town with his brutish father and his father's girlfriend. Witnessing his father's predilections for abuse, Toma becomes anxious that he will have inherited those urges.

The 2012–2014 Japan Window

530 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Backwater sits at position #436.

  1. Solitary Gourmet
    #1

    Solitary Gourmet

    ★ 9.0 · 2012

  2. Attack on Titan
    #2

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013

  3. High School D×D
    #3

    High School D×D

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

  4. Haikyu!!
    #4

    Haikyu!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2014

  5. Your Lie in April
    #5

    Your Lie in April

    ★ 8.6 · 2014

  6. Kamisama Kiss
    #6

    Kamisama Kiss

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

  7. Golden Time
    #7

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013

  8. Magi
    #8

    Magi

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

Other Titles From Bitters End

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Backwater premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.1
TMDB Rating
17
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,749 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (18th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.8 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,654 of 1,933 (top 86%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Bitters End, stylejam, GEEK PICTURES, Amuse Soft Entertainment
Runtime 1h 42m
Release Date September 7, 2013
IMDb tt2403453

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