The Sea Is Watching

5.6(25)20021h 59m

DramaRomance

O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.

Director

Kei Kumai

Cast

Misa Shimizu

Kikuno

Nagiko Tono

O-Shin

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Fusanosuke

Eiji Okuda

Ginji

Miho Tsumiki

Okichi

Masatoshi Nagase

Ryosuke

Michiko Kawai

Osono

Yumiko Nogawa

Omine

Tenshi Kamogawa

Umekichi

Yukiya Kitamura

Gonta

Takayuki Katô

Kumiko Tsuchiya

Prostitute

Reviews

1 review

sitenoise

10y ago

The Sea is Watching starts off as an attractive film; rich colors, effective photography, nice framing, fetching prostitutes. Then it goes melodrama, followed by silly, culminating in corny which brought a smile to my face before the surreal kicked in. It never stops looking good, though. There's nothing new or groundbreaking story-wise. It's a charming, sometimes funny, bittersweet tale of the...