Isana no umi (1997)

Original title

いさなのうみ

Directed by

Kazuhiro Higaki

Genre

teen film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 31m

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 high school boy from a fishing family in rural Japan falls for a new girl who knows a lot about whales. She is a protector of whales while his future is in fishing, and their summer is shaped by this conflict and a childhood friend with her own feelings.

bittersweetcontemplativetenderatmosphericcoming-of-agemelancholicsun-drenchedslow-paced

What happens

『いさなのうみ』は、1997年公開の日本映画。製作はWOWOW、バンダイビジュアル。WOWOWが製作した「J・MOVIE・WARS」第4期のうちの1作。過疎や生態系破壊といった社会的な要素を絡めた青春ラブストーリー。 遠洋漁業を営む一家に育ち、漠然と将来は漁師になることを考えている蓮司。ある日、彼が通う高知県室戸の水産高校に京子という不思議な魅力を持った転校生がやってくる。 鯨について博識な京子に惹かれる蓮司だったが、捕鯨を考える蓮司と鯨の保護を訴える京子とでは大きく意見が食い違う。蓮司と京子、蓮司に恋する幼馴染の美智子。彼らのひと夏の青春の恋の行方は？ (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.