海は見ていた = The sea is watching

Umi wa miteita = The sea is watching

DVD 2003

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.

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Geishas Drama

Man-woman relationships Japan Drama

Samurai Japan Drama

Yamamoto, Shūgorō, 1903-1967 Film adaptations

山本周五郎, 1903-1967 Film adaptations

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ISBN:

9781404938694
1404938699

Description:

1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital optical Dolby Digital 5.1
videodisc
DVD
video file DVD video region 1

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: 14A

Other Title:

Sea is watching

Notes:

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
Director of photography, Kazuo Okuhara ; editor, Osamu Inoue ; music, Teizo Matsumura ; costume designer, Kazuko Kurosawa ; production designer, Takeo Kimura
Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tohno, Masatoshi Nagasu, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Renji Ishibashi, Eiji Okuda
DVD, NTSC, Region 1 encoding, Widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese dialogue, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese, Korean subtitles ; closed-captioned

Contents:

Special features: Anamorphic widescreen
Language: Japanese 5.1 Dolby digital
Subtitles: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese, Korean

Control Number:

2803187

UPC:

043396015753

Other Authors:

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
Inoue, Osamu, editor of moving image work
Ishibashi, Renji, 1941- actor
Kimura, Takeo, 1918-2010
Kumai, Kei, 1930-2007, screenwriter, film director
Kurosawa Purodakushon
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, screenwriter
Kurosawa, Kazuko, 1954-
Matsumura, Teizō, 1929-2007, composer (expression)
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Yamamoto, Shūgorō, 1903-1967. Before the dew dries. Japanese
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Yamamoto, Shūgorō, 1903-1967. Smell of an unknown flower. Japanese
Nagase, Masatoshi, 1966- actor
Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha
Okuda, Eiji, 1950- actor
Okuhara, Kazuo, director of photography
Sarukawa, Naoto, film producer
Sea Watches Production Committee (Firm)
Shimizu, Misa, 1970- actor
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc
Tōno, Nagiko, actor
Tri-Star Pictures
Yoshioka, Hidetaka, 1970- actor
日活株式会社
清水美砂, 1970- actor
熊井啓, 1930-2007, screenwriter, film director
黒澤明, 1910-1998, screenwriter

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