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Ocean Waves

Ocean Waves

1993•1h 12m•6.4/10
AnimationDramaRomance

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🎬TMDb
6.4/10(965)

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...

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Production

Studio Ghibli, Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network Corporation

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Nobuo Tobita

Nobuo Tobita

Taku Morisaki (voice)

Yoko Sakamoto

Rikako Mutou (voice)

Toshihiko Seki

Toshihiko Seki

Yutaka Matsuno (voice)

Yuri Amano

Yuri Amano

Akiko Shimizu (voice)

Kae Araki

Kae Araki

Yumi Kohama (voice)

Jun'ichi Kanemaru

Jun'ichi Kanemaru

Okada (voice)

Ai Satou

Ai Satou

Taku's Mother (voice)

Aya Hisakawa

Aya Hisakawa

Young Girl (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki

Minarai (voice)

Hikaru Midorikawa

Hikaru Midorikawa

Tadashi Yamao (voice)

Sumi Shimamoto

Sumi Shimamoto

Rikako's Father's Lover (voice)

Reiko Suzuki

Reiko Suzuki

Mrs. Okami (voice)

Kinryu Arimoto

Kinryu Arimoto

Rikako's Father (voice)

Takeshi Watabe

Takeshi Watabe

Principle (voice)

Ako Mayama

Ako Mayama

Additional Voices (voice)

Sachiko Mitani

(voice)

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