Ocean Waves

Ocean Waves

72 mins | Drama, Animation, Romance | May 5, 1993

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...

Ocean Waves

72 mins | Drama, Animation, Romance | May 5, 1993

Ocean Waves
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...
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Studio Ghibli, J.C.Staff
Original title 海がきこえる
Directors Tomomi Mochizuki
Writers Saeko Himuro, Keiko Niwa

Cast

Nobuo Tobita

as Taku Morisaki (voice)

Toshihiko Seki

as Yutaka Matsuno (voice)

Youko Sakamoto

as Rikako Mutou (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)

Kinryuu Arimoto

as Rikako's Father (voice)

Takeshi Watabe

as Principle (voice)

Ako Mayama

as Additional Voices (voice)