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64% Critic Match
Ocean Waves
6.4 / 10• 1993• 1h 12m•PG-13• Japanese
AnimationDramaRomance
Storyline
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...
Cast & Crew
Nobuo Tobita
Taku Morisaki (voice)
LeadYS
Yoko Sakamoto
Rikako Muto (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Yutaka Matsuno (voice)
Yuri Amano
Akiko Shimizu (voice)
Kae Araki
Yumi Kohama (voice)
Jun'ichi Kanemaru
Okada (voice)
Ai Satou
Taku's Mother (voice)
Aya Hisakawa
Young Girl (voice)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tomomi Mochizuki's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Ocean Waves is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
