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Set in a 19th-century brothel, THE SEA IS WATCHING is the story of a beautiful young geisha, O-Shin(Nagiko Tohno), who harbors a samurai (Rhapsody in August's Hidetaka Yoshioka) seeking refuge. Falling in love with O-Shin, the samurai hopes to cleanse her of the sins of her profession. But fate and fortune conspire to keep the lovers apart. When another young man (Masatoshi Nagase, Mystery Train) appears, a thunderous storm strikes their village. What, if anything, will survive nature's fury? This stunning epic was the final film written by legendary director Akira Kurosawa (The Seven Samurai, Ran). Hand-picked by Kurosawa's son, director Kei Kumai delivers a visually striking love story for the ages.
Original Release
07/27/2002
US Release
07/18/2003
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Misa Shimizu | Kikuno |
| Nagiko Tono | Oshin / O-Shin |
| Masatoshi Nagase | Ryôsuke / Ryosuke |
| Hidetaka Yoshioka | Fusanosuke |
| Miho Tsumiki | Okichi |
| Michiko Kawai | Osono |
| Yumiko Nogawa | Omine |
| Tenshi Kamogawa | Umekichi |
| Yukiya Kitamura | Gonta |
| Takayuki Katô |
Directors
Writers
Kei Kumai, Akira Kurosawa, Shûgorô Yamamoto
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Misa Shimizu | Kikuno |
| Nagiko Tono | Oshin / O-Shin |
| Masatoshi Nagase | Ryôsuke / Ryosuke |
| Hidetaka Yoshioka | Fusanosuke |
| Miho Tsumiki | Okichi |
| Michiko Kawai | Osono |
| Yumiko Nogawa | Omine |
| Tenshi Kamogawa | Umekichi |
| Yukiya Kitamura | Gonta |
| Takayuki Katô | |
| Kumiko Tsuchiya | Prostitute |
| Rikiya Ôtaka | Boy |
| Renji Ishibashi | Zenbei |
| Eiji Okuda | Ginji |
| Teru Satô | |
| Kenta Satô | |
| Ayaka Fujii | |
| Shûji Ôtsuki | |
| Yukino Mogi | |
| Miki Hayashida |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Masaya Nakamura | Executive Producer |
| Kôshirô Andô | Producer |
| Sunobu Horigome | Producer |
| Hisao Kurosawa | Producer |
| Haruyuki Machida | Producer |
| Kôichi Miyagawa | Producer |
| Yûji Oda | Producer |
| Naoto Sarukawa | Producer |
| Hajime Satomi | Producer |
| Shigehiro Toriyama | Producer |
| Hirotake Yoda | Producer |
| Masaya Nakamura | Producer |
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