Ocean Waves
72
Balasaur Score
Worth a look
1993 · Movie · 1h 12m · PG-13
The read
A Balasaur Score of 72 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, Metacritic 73/100. Scores higher than 71% of the 320 1990s animation movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 12m. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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...
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic73/100
1,008 audience votes
Key crew
- Shigeru NagataOriginal Music Composer
- Tomomi MochizukiDirector
- Keiko NiwaScreenplay
Cast
- Nobuo TobitaTaku Morisaki (voice)
- Yoko SakamotoRikako Muto (voice)
- Toshihiko SekiYutaka Matsuno (voice)
- Yuri AmanoAkiko Shimizu (voice)
- Kae ArakiYumi Kohama (voice)
- Jun'ichi KanemaruOkada (voice)
- Ai SatouTaku's Mother (voice)
- Aya HisakawaYoung Girl (voice)
- Tomokazu SekiMinarai (voice)
- Hikaru MidorikawaTadashi Yamao (voice)
- Sumi ShimamotoRikako's Father's Lover (voice)
- Reiko SuzukiMrs. Okami (voice)
Stills
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Themes
friendshipsurrealismlovetokyo, japanfalling in lovehigh school reunionunspoken loveanimeambiguousdisgusted
The Best Movies of 1993
Ocean Waves is #50 of 60
