Fireworks over the Sea (1951)

Original title

海の花火

Directed by

Keisuke Kinoshita

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 02m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A family gathers by the sea for a reunion. Old hurts and buried secrets come to the surface during a celebration.

melancholicreflectivegentlesomberintimateemotionalatmospheric

What happens

Fireworks over the Sea a.k.a. Fireworks by the Ocean (Japanese: 海の花火, Hepburn: Umi no hanabi) is a 1951 Japanese drama film written and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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