The Sea Is Watching (2002)

Original title

海は見ていた

Directed by

Kei Kumai

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 59m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a seaside brothel in 19th century Japan, a young prostitute falls for a low-ranking samurai customer. Their romance is complicated by her profession and his social standing.

poignanttendermelancholicslow-pacedintimatebittersweetatmosphericcontemplativequiet

What happens

The Sea Is Watching (Japanese: 海は見ていた, Hepburn: Umi wa Miteita) is a 2002 Japanese romance drama film directed by Kei Kumai, based on a screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, which was adapted from two separate novels by Shūgorō Yamamoto. It was Kurosawa's final screen credit, as well as Kumai's final film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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