The Sea Is Watching
Japanese DVD cover
Directed by	Kei Kumai
Produced by	Naoto Sarukawa
Written by	Novel: Shugoro Yamamoto Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa
Music by	Teizo Matsumura
Cinematography	Kazuo Okuhara
Editing by	Osamu Inoue
Released	July 27, 2002
Running time	119 min.
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The Sea Is Watching (海は見ていた, Umi wa Miteita), aka The Sea Watches is a 2002 Japanese film directed by Kei Kumai. The screenplay for the film was the last one written by the late Akira Kurosawa.

PlotEdit

In the 19th century a young samurai ducks into a brothel after an illegal fight and a young prostitute helps him evade the authorities. When he befriends her and tells her she can remake herself despite her profession she comes to believe he loves and will marry her. The other prostitutes unite to support her in her expected happiness. Though things don't turn out as she expected, in the midst of a fierce storm and flood love saves the young woman from a watery grave.

CastEdit

• Misa Shimizu ... Kikuno
• Nagiko Tono ... Oshin
• Masatoshi Nagase ... Ryosuke
• Hidetaka Yoshioka ... Fusanosuke
• Eiji Okuda ... Ginji
• Renji Ishibashi ... Zenbei
• Miho Tsumiki ... Okichi
• Michiko Kawai ... Osono
• Yumiko Nogawa ... Omine
• Tenshi Kamogawa ... Umekichi
• Yukiya Kitamura ... Kenta
• Rikiya Otaka ... Boy
• Kumiko Tsuchiya ... Prostitute
• Takayuki Kato

External linksEdit

• The Sea is Watching review at The Japan Times
• The Sea Is Watching at Nippon Cinema