A Scene at the Sea (1991)

Original title

あの夏、いちばん静かな海。

Directed by

Takeshi Kitano

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

12

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 221 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A deaf garbage collector finds a broken surfboard and decides to learn how to surf. His deaf girlfriend supports him as he works to become good enough to compete.

gentlesereneheartfeltquietromanticdeterminedmelancholicslow-paced

What happens

A Scene at the Sea (Japanese: あの夏、いちばん静かな海。, Hepburn: Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi; lit. That summer, the calmest sea) is a 1991 Japanese drama film written, edited and directed by Takeshi Kitano starring Claude Maki and Hiroko Oshima. In the film, 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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