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Rating: 7.5 stars

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Ocean Waves (1994)

Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki

Drama | Animation

Most recently watched by schofizzy

Overview

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…

Rated PG | Length 72 minutes

Actors

Nobuo Tobita | Youko Sakamoto | Toshihiko Seki | Yuri Amano | Kae Araki | Jun'ichi Kanemaru | Ai Satou | Aya Hisakawa | Tomokazu Seki | Hikaru Midorikawa | Sumi Shimamoto | Reiko Suzuki | Kinryuu Arimoto | Takeshi Watabe | Ako Mayama

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

This seemed familiar then when the teens go to Tokyo I knew I had seen this before. I really like how much character development happens naturally and the entire story clocks in at 70 minutes. Film students (directors, editors, writers, etc) should study this one in college.

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