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Title:
Sea is watching [DVD] = Umi wa miteita
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[DVD] = TriStar Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) and Nikkatsu Corporation present a Sea Watches Production Committee production in association with Kurosawa Productions, a Kei Kumai film ; producer, Naoto Sarukawa ; written by Akira Kurosawa ; directed by Kei Kumai.
Publication Information:
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2003], c2002.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781404938694
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
Based on the short stories "The smell of an unknown flower" and "Before the dew dries" by Shugoro Yamamoto.
Abstract:
O-Shin, a beautiful young geisha in 19th century Japan, meets a samurai named Fusanosuke, who is on the run for killing a man. She assists him by cutting his hair. Despite the protests of O-Shin's friend, the two fall in love. Eventually he leaves O-Shin, only to return later and reveal that he is engaged. O-Shin, eventually, falls in love again - to Ryosuke, who is also a samurai.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: R; for sexuality.
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Variant Title:
Parallel title: Umi wa miteita
Credits:
Director of photography, Kazuo Okuhara ; editor, Osamu Inoue ; music, Teizo Matsumura ; costume designer, Kazuko Kurosawa ; production designer, Takeo Kimura.
Performer:
Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tohno, Masatoshi Nagasu, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Renji Ishibashi, Eiji Okuda.
Technical Details:
DVD, Region 1 encoding, Widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital.
Language:
Japanese dialogue, English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Thai subtitles.
Closed-captioned.