Thicker Than Water is a 2019 Japanese-language Thriller film directed by Norihiro Koizumi and produced by Ky Hei Sudate under the banner of Robot. It has been a year since Paige and Nathan Petrovic tragically lost their teenage son Zach to an overdose. Nathan and daughter Addie have slowly been putting their lives back together. Paige, however, just can't m to let go. She is still consumed by grief, withdrawn, and unable to work. In order to supplement Paige's lost income, the family decides to rent out their spare bedroom. Surprisingly, life starts to look up for Paige once their charming new tenant, Brandon Wilson, enters the picture. A student at the local university, Brandon eerily resembles everything that Zach stood for in the family, and he brings Paige out of her shell. At first, Nathan and Addie are thrilled to Paige acting like her old self, but as Brandon insinuates himself further into the family, they start to a darker, and dangerous side of their tenant. Soon, Addie uncovers a secret about Brandon that is about to shake the Petrovics to their core. Can a family in crisis hold themselves together in the face of an evil genius? Written by Incendo. Thicker than water stars Suzu Hirose, Sh Hei Nomura, Mackenyu Arata, Mone Kamishiraishi, Y Ma Yamoto, Y Ki Morinaga and Ksenia Thurgood. The screenplay is written by Norihiro Koizumi which is inspired from Chihayafuru by Yuki Suetsugu. The music was composed by Masaru Yokoyama. Cinematography was done by Hiroo Yanagida and editing by Junnosuke Hogaki. The motion picture has a running time of 128 min. It was released on 24th March 2019. The film made a box office gross of ¥1730 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Toho.