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Ocean Waves is a film of genre Drama directed by Tomomi Mochizuki released in USA on 29 december 2011 with Nobuo Tobita
Ocean Waves (1994)
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Add to a movie listOcean Waves, also known as I Can Hear the Sea (Japanese: 海がきこえる, Hepburn: Umi ga Kikoeru), is a 1993 Japanese anime television film produced by Studio Ghibli. Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki and written by Kaori Nakamura, the film is based on the novel of the same name by Saeko Himuro. Ocean Waves first aired on May 5, 1993 on Japanese television.
The film is set in the city of Kōchi, on the Japanese island of Shikoku. It concerns a love triangle that develops between two good friends and a new girl who transfers to their high school from Tokyo.
Ocean Waves was an attempt by Studio Ghibli to allow their younger staff members to make a film reasonably cheaply. However, it ended up going both over budget and over schedule.
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At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. As the plane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life. The story is told in flashback.Actors
Nobuo Tobita
(Taku Morisaki (voice))
Toshihiko Seki
(Yutaka Matsuno (voice))
Jun'ichi Kanemaru
(Okada (voice))
Tomokazu Seki
(Minarai (voice))
Yuri Amano
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