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Director:
Kei Kumai
Writers:
Kei Kumai (screenplay)
Akira Kurosawa (original screenplay)
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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 Reviews:
one word,masterpiece more (22 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Misa Shimizu ... Kikuno
Nagiko Tôno ... Oshin
Masatoshi Nagase ... Ryôsuke
Hidetaka Yoshioka ... Fusanosuke
Miho Tsumiki ... Okichi
Michiko Kawai ... Osono
Yumiko Nogawa ... Omine
Tenshi Kamogawa ... Umekichi
Yukiya Kitamura ... Gonta
Takayuki Katô
Rikiya Ôtaka ... Boy
Kumiko Tsuchiya ... Prostitute
Renji Ishibashi ... Zenbei
Eiji Okuda ... Ginji
Teru Satô
Kenta Satô
Ayaka Fujii
Shûji Ôtsuki
Yukino Mogi
Miki Hayashida
Ryô Kataoka
Toki Koinuma
Kojirô
Nami Asô
Hiroshi Ôkawa
Miyako Yamamoto
Kazuo Mikuni
Yoshimi Endô
Kôichi Taniguchi
Akemi Fuji
Teruhiko Tanaka
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Directed by
Kei Kumai 
 
Writing credits
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
 
Original Music by
Teizô Matsumura 
 
Cinematography by
Kazuo Okuhara 
 
Film Editing by
Osamu Inoue 
 
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
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Sea Is Watching (USA)
The Sea's Been Watching (Japan) (literal English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some sexuality.
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Runtime:
119 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | Germany:12 | Sweden:7 | USA:R | Argentina:16
Company:
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5 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
one word,masterpiece, 15 May 2004
10/10
Author: bosscain from USA

this movie just goes to show that you dont need big explosions,muti-billion dollar computer graphics,or highly over paid actors and actresses to make a good movie, All you need is a excellent story line and plot. which the master of all japanese films,Akira Kurosawa pulls off brilliantly. I recommend this film to all that love a epic period piece. and for those that enjoy Kurosawas earlier works. 10/10

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