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User Rating:
7.1/10   841 votes
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Director:
Kei Kumai
Writers:
Akira Kurosawa (writer)
Shugoro Yamamoto (novel)
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Release Date:
27 July 2002 (Japan) more
Genre:
Romance | Drama more
Plot:
19th century. Oshin is a prostitute in a brothel of a red-light district. A disgraced samurai, Fusanosuke... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
must see!! more (22 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
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
Rikiya Ôtaka ... Boy
Kumiko Tsuchiya ... Prostitute
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Takayuki Katô
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Sea Is Watching (USA)
The Sea Watches
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MPAA:
Rated R for some sexuality.
Runtime:
119 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
Nikkatsu more

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Trivia:
The literal translation of the title is "The Sea Was Watching". more

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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
must see!!, 31 March 2005
9/10
Author: turtle_chokers from Philippines

A tragically wonderful movie... brings us to a Japan that does not exist anymore. Despite Hollywood's technical expertise, I have yet to see a (hollywood) movie that can match the authenticity of the atmosphere in this small town by the river near the sea... Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai looked liked the last installment of the Lord of The Rings in trying to capture rural Old Japan.

If you like serene but intense story lines, this is a must see film. It will be a respite from hollow flashy films much like the last 1000 blockbusters you saw. I think this is one of Kurosawa's better stories.

Even if it's a movie about geishas and brothels and the complicated rules that govern life in such settings, it did not turn into a skin flick. The characters are full of depth and act with much intensity.

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