The Sound of Waves

The Sound of Waves

142 mins | Documentary | July 28, 2012

The first part of a trilogy focusing on the northeast Tohoku region, co-directed by Sakai Ko and Hamaguchi Ryusuke. Impromptu interviews were carried out with disaster victims mainly along the Sanriku Coast, which had been ravaged by tsunamis several times prior to the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, and makes emotional discoveries within dialogues between close-knit people including families and workmates.

The Sound of Waves

142 mins | Documentary | July 28, 2012

The Sound of Waves
The first part of a trilogy focusing on the northeast Tohoku region, co-directed by Sakai Ko and Hamaguchi Ryusuke. Impromptu interviews were carried out with disaster victims mainly along the Sanriku Coast, which had been ravaged by tsunamis several times prior to the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, and makes emotional discoveries within dialogues between close-knit people including families and workmates.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts
Original title なみのおと
Directors Ko Sakai, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
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