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The Sea Is Watching( 2002)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Misa Shimizu

      Kikuno

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      Nagiko Tōno

      O-Shin

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      Hidetaka Yoshioka

      Fusanosuke

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      Eiji Okuda

      Ginji

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      Miho Tsumiki

      Okichi

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      Masatoshi Nagase

      Ryosuke

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      Michiko Kawai

      Osono

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      Yumiko Nogawa

      Omine

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      Tenshi Kamogawa

      Umekichi

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      Yukiya Kitamura

      Gonta

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      Takayuki Katô

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      Kumiko Tsuchiya

      Prostitute

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      Rikiya Ôtaka

      Boy

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      Renji Ishibashi

      Zenbei

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    A review by sitenoise

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    Written by sitenoise on Fri Apr 08 2016
    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 inhabitants of a samurai-era brothel whose entire district ends up under water. Plot-wise it focuses on the love lives of two of the working girls: Kikuno (Misa Shimizu) plays an elder to the younger ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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