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Movie

Ocean Waves

1993PG-131h 12m6.4 / 10

At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...

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Synopsis

At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...

More about Ocean Waves

Cast

Nobuo TobitaTaku Morisaki (voice)
Yoko SakamotoRikako Muto (voice)
Toshihiko SekiYutaka Matsuno (voice)
Yuri AmanoAkiko Shimizu (voice)
Kae ArakiYumi Kohama (voice)
Jun'ichi KanemaruOkada (voice)
Ai SatouTaku's Mother (voice)
Aya HisakawaYoung Girl (voice)

Credits

Directed by
Tomomi Mochizuki
Written by
Keiko Niwa, Saeko Himuro

Production details

Status
Released
Original language
Japanese
Original title
海がきこえる

Production

  • Studio GhibliJapan
  • Tokuma ShotenJapan
  • Nippon Television Network CorporationJapan

Themes

ambiguousanimedisgustedfalling in lovefriendshiphigh school reunionlovesurrealism