They Say Nothing Stays the Same

They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Directed byJoe Odagiri
Written byJoe Odagiri
Produced byShozo Ichiyama
Takuro Nagai
Yuusaku Nakajima
StarringAkira Emoto
Ririka Kawashima
Nijiro Murakami
CinematographyChristopher Doyle
Edited byJoe Odagiri
Masaya Okazaki
Music byTigran Hamasyan
Distributed byKino Films
Release date
  • 13 September 2019 (2019-09-13) (Japan)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

They Say Nothing Stays the Same (Japanese: ある船頭の話, Hepburn: Aru Sendō no Hanashi) is a 2019 Japanese drama film directed by Joe Odagiri and stars Akira Emoto. In the debut directorial feature by actor Joe Odagiri, the film follows an old ferryman in a remote Meiji era community. For years, he has transported people back and forth on a river amid unspoiled beauty. His placid and cyclical life is disturbed by the construction of the nearby bridge, and transformed by saving a girl floating in the water. Shot by Christopher Doyle and the debut film music feature by Tigran Hamasyan.