A Scene at the Sea (1991)
Original title: あの夏、いちばん静かな海。
A Scene at the Sea is a 1991 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Takeshi Kitano, with a running time of 1h 41m. It stars Claude Maki, Hiroko Oshima and Sabu Kawahara.
A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend, he persists against all odds.
Official site
http://www.office-kitano.co.jp/contents/MOVIE/WORK/third.html
Cast
- Claude Maki as Shigeru
- Hiroko Oshima as Takako
- Sabu Kawahara as Takoh
- Toshizo Fujiwara as Nakajima
- Susumu Terajima as Light Truck Man
- Katsuya Koiso as Soccer Boy
- Toshio Matsui as Soccer Boy's Friend
- Yasukazu Ishitani as Fellow Surfer
- Tsuyoshi Ohwada as Fellow Surfer
- Tatsuya Sugimoto as Fellow Surfer
- Kengakusha Akiyama as Fellow Surfer
- Naomi Kubota as Orange Woman