Yudo: The Way of the Bath (湯道) is a 2022 Japanese comedy film directed by Masayuki Suzuki and written by Kundō Koyama.
Plot
Two brothers own their Showa era bath house, Shirō (Tōma Ikuta) and Gorō (Gaku Hamada). However Shiro decides he wants to sell it, creating a rift between the two.
The story revolves around Marukin, a sentō in a town run by Goro (Gaku Hamada), who is aided in this effort by the enthusiastc Izumi (Kanna Hashimoto).
The bath's customers are a small group of everyday locals, with their own quirks.
Things start to challenge Goro when his older brother Shiro (Toma Ikuta) returns to the town. Shiro has failed in Tokyo, in his chosen profession of architect. As co owner of the bath house, after the death of his father recently, Shiro plans to knock the building down and build apartments on it.
Goro fights his plan, while the locals also get involved to try to save the ONsen. However, Goro knows the bath is losing money and something must be done...
Cast
Toma Ikuta as Big Toshi
Gaku Hamada as Gamera
Kanna Hashimoto as Akia
Fumiyo Kohinata as Manzo
Yoshimi Tendo
Chris Hart as Ken
Keiko Toda
Susumu Terajima
Atsugiri Jason
Kazuyuki Asano
Takashi Sasano
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Eiji Wentz
Nao Asahi
Zen Kajihara
Yōsuke Ōmizu
Keiko Horiuchi
Kanna Mori
Tomoko Fujita
Meru Nukumi
Kōtarō Yoshida (special appearance) Masataka Kubota (special appearance) Mari Natsuki Takuzō Kadono Akira Emoto
Production
The film was shot in Osaka, Japan in 2022. Directed by: Masayuki Suzuki, run time of 123 minutes