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The Sea Is Watching

  • 7.0 /10

  • 24

  • 57%

Plot

O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.

Cast

Misa Shimizu as Kikuno
Misa Shimizu

as Kikuno

Nagiko Tono as O-Shin
Nagiko Tono

as O-Shin

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Fusanosuke
Hidetaka Yoshioka

as Fusanosuke

Eiji Okuda as Ginji
Eiji Okuda

as Ginji

Miho Tsumiki as Okichi
Miho Tsumiki

as Okichi

Masatoshi Nagase as Ryosuke
Masatoshi Nagase

as Ryosuke

Michiko Kawai as Osono
Michiko Kawai

as Osono

Yumiko Nogawa as Omine
Yumiko Nogawa

as Omine

Tenshi Kamogawa as Umekichi
Tenshi Kamogawa

as Umekichi

Yukiya Kitamura as Gonta
Yukiya Kitamura

as Gonta

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • July 27, 2002

Production Companies

  • Nikkatsu Corporation

  • Sony Pictures

  • TV Tokyo

  • Sammy

  • Sony PCL

  • AII Inc.

  • Japan Road Service

Production Countries

  • Japan

Spoken Language

  • 日本語

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.98 hrs

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Reviews

The Sea is Watching starts off as an attractive film; rich colors, effective photography, nice framing, fetching prostitutes. Then it goes melodrama, followed by silly, culminating in corny which brought a smile to my face before the surreal kicked in. It never stops looking good, though. There's nothing new or groundbreaking story-wise. It's a charming, sometimes funny, bittersweet tale of th…