The Sea Is Watching

2002 PG-13 1h 59m

5.7 / 10 26

RATING

5.7/10

YOUR RATING

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

Writers

Akira Kurosawa Shūgorō Yamamoto Kei Kumai

Stars

Misa Shimizu Nagiko Tono Hidetaka Yoshioka

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sitenoise 8 Apr 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...