The Sea Is Watching
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| Directed by | Kei Kumai |
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| Cinematography | Kazuo Okuhara |
| Edited by | Osamu Inoue |
| Music by | Teizo Matsumura |
| Distributed by | Nikkatsu TriStar Pictures (USA) |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Sea Is Watching (Japanese: 海は見ていた, Hepburn: Umi wa Miteita) is a 2002 Japanese romance drama film directed by Kei Kumai, based on a screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, which was adapted from two separate novels by Shūgorō Yamamoto.[1][2][3] It was Kurosawa's final screen credit, as well as Kumai's final film.
Cast
[edit]- Misa Shimizu – Kikuno
- Nagiko Tōno – Oshin
- Masatoshi Nagase – Ryosuke
- Hidetaka Yoshioka – Fusanosuke
- Miho Tsumiki – Okichi
- Michiko Kawai – Osono
- Yumiko Nogawa – Omine
- Tenshi Kamogawa – Umekichi
- Yukiya Kitamura – Gonta
References
[edit]- ↑ Mitchell, Elvis (2003-07-18). "FILM REVIEW; A Director's Wooziness Finds Kurosawa's Softer Side". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ↑ "映画監督の熊井啓氏が死去". Fuji Sankei Shinbun. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ↑ "海は見ていたとは". kotobank. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
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- Films scored by Teizo Matsumura
- Films based on Japanese novels
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