The Sea Is Watching (2002)
Umi wa miteita (original title)Reference View | Change View
- R
- 1h 59min
- Romance, Drama
- 27 Jul 2002 (Japan)
- Movie
- 1 nomination.
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Cast
| Misa Shimizu | ... |
Kikuno
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Nagiko Tôno | ... |
Oshin
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| Masatoshi Nagase | ... |
Ryôsuke
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Hidetaka Yoshioka | ... |
Fusanosuke
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Miho Tsumiki | ... |
Okichi
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Michiko Kawai | ... |
Osono
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| Yumiko Nogawa | ... |
Omine
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Tenshi Kamogawa | ... |
Umekichi
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Yukiya Kitamura | ... |
Gonta
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Takayuki Katô |
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Kumiko Tsuchiya | ... |
Prostitute
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| Rikiya Ôtaka | ... |
Boy
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| Renji Ishibashi | ... |
Zenbei
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Eiji Okuda | ... |
Ginji
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Teru Satô |
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Kenta Satô |
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Ayaka Fujii |
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Shûji Ôtsuki |
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Yukino Mogi |
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Miki Hayashida |
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Ryô Kataoka |
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Toki Koinuma |
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Kojirô |
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Nami Asô |
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Hiroshi Ôkawa |
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Miyako Yamamoto |
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Kazuo Mikuni |
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Yoshimi Endô |
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Kôichi Taniguchi |
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Akemi Fuji |
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Teruhiko Tanaka |
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Rô Naruse |
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Yui Tateishi |
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Directed by
| Kei Kumai | ||
Written by
| Kei Kumai | ... | (screenplay) |
| Akira Kurosawa | ... | (original screenplay) |
| Shûgorô Yamamoto | ... | (novels "Nanno hana ka kaoru" and "Tsuyu no hinu ma") |
Produced by
| Kôshirô Andô | ... | producer |
| Sunobu Horigome | ... | producer |
| Hisao Kurosawa | ... | planner |
| Haruyuki Machida | ... | producer |
| Kôichi Miyagawa | ... | producer |
| Masaya Nakamura | ... | executive producer |
| Yûji Oda | ... | producer |
| Naoto Sarukawa | ... | producer |
| Hajime Satomi | ... | producer |
| Shigehiro Toriyama | ... | producer |
| Hirotake Yoda | ... | producer |
Music by
| Teizô Matsumura | ||
Cinematography by
| Kazuo Okuhara | ||
Editing by
| Osamu Inoue | ||
Editorial Department
| David Tarleton | ... | trailer editor |
Art Direction by
| Takeo Kimura | ||
Costume Design by
| Kazuko Kurosawa | ||
Sound Department
| Takeshi Ogawa | ... | sound |
Visual Effects by
| Kazuto Kawazoe | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Stunts
| Hiroshi Kuze | ... | fight choreographer |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Shigeto Kunii | ... | assistant camera |
| Yuji Meguro | ... | still photographer |
Script and Continuity Department
| Mikiko Koyama | ... | script supervisor |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2003) (Argentina)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
- LK-TEL (2003) (Argentina) (DVD)
- LK-TEL (2003) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Nikkatsu
- Prooptiki (2003) (Greece) (VHS)
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- TriStar Pictures (2003) (United States) (subtitled)
- Universal Pictures (2003) (Sweden)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Kodak Japan (film stock supplied by)
- Kurosawa Production Co. (cooperation)
- Warp Station Edo (exterior sets)
- Yoshikawa Casting Office (casting)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
19th century. Oshin is a prostitute in a brothel of a red-light district. A disgraced samurai, Fusanosuke, rushes in the brothel seeking for a refuge, because he had wounded a powerful samurai. Oshin hides him from the authorities and falls in love with him, against an older prostitute's, Kikuno's, misgiving. Fusanosuke advises Oshin to cleanse herself by giving up her line of work. Believing falsely that this is a promise for marriage, she turns her customers over to the other prostitutes, who are happy to help her. Funasukoke leaves to be reconciled to his family, but, when he returns, he reveals that he is engaged and is going to marry his fiancé. Some time later a desperate itinerant, Ryosuke, appears and Oshin falls in love again. Meanwhile, an older man asks Kikuno to buy her contract and marry her, but she is entangled with an old abusive customer of hers. One night, while the madam of the brothel is away to thermal baths, a storm hits the area and everybody tries to flee. Ryosuke kills Kikuno's customer who tries to steal madam's money and runs away. Oshin and Kikuno stay at the roof hoping for a rescue from the flood. Ryosuke returns by a boat. Written by Alkistis Zografou |
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Box Office
| Opening Weekend Japan | $161,588, 09 Aug 2002 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The literal translation of the title is "The Sea Was Watching". See more » |