Ocean Waves
1993•PG-13•1h 12m•6.4•Released
AnimationDramaRomance
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...
Director
Tomomi Mochizuki
Writer
Keiko Niwa
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Studio Ghibli
Cast
Nobuo Tobita
Taku Morisaki (voice)
Yoko Sakamoto
Rikako Muto (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Yutaka Matsuno (voice)
Yuri Amano
Akiko Shimizu (voice)
Kae Araki
Yumi Kohama (voice)
Jun'ichi Kanemaru
Okada (voice)
Ai Satou
Taku's Mother (voice)
Aya Hisakawa
Young Girl (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
Minarai (voice)
Hikaru Midorikawa
Tadashi Yamao (voice)
Sumi Shimamoto
Rikako's Father's Lover (voice)
Reiko Suzuki
Mrs. Okami (voice)
Kinryu Arimoto
Rikako's Father (voice)
Takeshi Watabe
Principle (voice)
Ako Mayama
Additional Voices (voice)
Production
Company
Studio Ghibli
Company
Tokuma Shoten
Company
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Producer
Toshio Suzuki
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