Synopsis
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...
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Cast
- Nobuo TobitaTaku Morisaki (voice)
- Youko SakamotoRikako Mutou (voice)
- Toshihiko SekiYutaka Matsuno (voice)
- Yuri AmanoAkiko Shimizu (voice)
- Kae ArakiYumi Kohama (voice)
- Jun'ichi KanemaruOkada (voice)
- Ai SatouTaku's Mother (voice)
- Aya HisakawaYoung Girl (voice)
- Tomokazu SekiMinarai (voice)
- Hikaru MidorikawaTadashi Yamao (voice)
Recommendations
- 80
The New York Times
In its sensitivity and attention to detail, Ocean Waves makes itself into something special, and kind of magical, and so proves very much a Ghibli gem. - 75
RogerEbert.com
Ocean Waves is worth watching to see just how much a company like Ghibli can bring to a relatively simple tale. - 75
The Playlist
Ocean Waves is a deeply charming and resonant look at the tug of longing that so often comes with memory, the utter mess of youth, and the beautiful delirium of love. - 67
IndieWire
Hindsight has revealed the quiet resonance that’s been humming inside this tiny film ever since it first set out to sea.
