Ocean Waves (1993)
Original title: 海がきこえる
Ocean Waves is a 1993 Japanese-language animation movie directed by Tomomi Mochizuki, with a running time of 1h 12m. It stars Nobuo Tobita, Yoko Sakamoto and Toshihiko Seki.
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 Tobita as Taku Morisaki (voice)
- Yoko Sakamoto as Rikako Muto (voice)
- Toshihiko Seki as Yutaka Matsuno (voice)
- Yuri Amano as Akiko Shimizu (voice)
- Kae Araki as Yumi Kohama (voice)
- Jun'ichi Kanemaru as Okada (voice)
- Ai Satou as Taku's Mother (voice)
- Aya Hisakawa as Young Girl (voice)
- Tomokazu Seki as Minarai (voice)
- Hikaru Midorikawa as Tadashi Yamao (voice)
- Sumi Shimamoto as Rikako's Father's Lover (voice)
- Reiko Suzuki as Mrs. Okami (voice)