Still the Water

Still the Water
Film poster
Directed byNaomi Kawase
Written byNaomi Kawase
Produced byRémi Burah
Takehiko Aoki
Masamichi Sawada
Naomi Kawase
StarringNijirō Murakami
Jun Yoshinaga
Edited byTina Baz
Music byHasiken
Distributed byAsmik Ace
Release dates
  • 20 May 2014 (2014-05-20) (Cannes)
  • 26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) (Japan)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Still the Water (2つ目の窓, Futatsume no Mado) is a 2014 Japanese romance film written and directed by Naomi Kawase. It was filmed in the scenic nature of Amami City in Kagoshima Prefecture in 2013. The score was composed by singer-songwriter Hasiken.

Still the Water was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Describing the film as her "masterpiece", Kawase said it was deserving of the Palme d'Or. "This is the first time that I have said this about a film," the writer-director said, "After the Camera d'Or and the Grand Prix, there is nothing I want more than the Palme d'Or. I have my eyes on nothing else."