The sea is watching (Umi wa miteita)
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Movie propaganda
The sea watches takes place in the Ashi no Ya (House of Reeds), a brothel in Okabasho, an unlicensed red-light district near Fukagawa. There the madam and an elder sister, Kikuno (Misa Shimizu), warn the young prostitute O-Shin (Nagiko Tohno) to never ever fall in love with a customer. Of course, upon meeting the young samurai Fusanosuke (Hidetaka Yoshioka), that is exactly what happens. O-Shin loses herself completely to the young man and dreams of marrying him.
When things do not work out, O-Shin is left heartbroken and fears she will never find love. A young ne'er-do-well named Ryosuke (Masatoshi Nagase) captures her attention again. O-Shin is attracted to the purity of his heart she finds beneath his rough-hewn exterior. Just when she thinks she has found happiness, a violent thunderstorm strikes the Fukagawa area, the river spills over its banks and the sea rises in flood tide...
Persons of interest
- Misa Shimizu .... Kikuno
- Nagiko Tono .... Oshin
- Masatoshi Nagase .... Ryosuke
- Hidetaka Yoshioka .... Fusanosuke
- Eiji Okuda .... Ginji
- Renji Ishibashi .... Zenbei
- Miho Tsumiki .... Okichi
- Michiko Kawai .... Osono
- Yumiko Nogawa .... Omine
- Tenshi Kamogawa .... Umekichi
- Yukiya Kitamura .... Kenta
- Shugoro Yamamoto .. Novelist
- Akira Kurosawa .... Screenwriter
- Kei Kumai .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- Awards and film festivals:
- The sea watches (Umi wa miteita) official movie site
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Theatrical report
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Security censorship classification
MA 15+ (Medium level sex scene)
Surveillance time
114 minutes (1:54 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: Undated 2004
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