The Sea Is Watching (2002)
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, Kei Kumai.
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Misa Shimizu as Kikuno |
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Nagiko Tono as O-Shin |
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Hidetaka Yoshioka as Fusanosuke |
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Eiji Okuda as Ginji |
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Miho Tsumiki as Okichi |
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Masatoshi Nagase as Ryosuke |
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Michiko Kawai as Osono |
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Yumiko Nogawa as Omine |
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Tenshi Kamogawa as Umekichi |
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Yukiya Kitamura as Gonta |
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Takayuki Katô as |
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Kumiko Tsuchiya as Prostitute |
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Rikiya Ôtaka as Boy |
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Renji Ishibashi as Zenbei |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shūgorō Yamamoto | Novel |
| Production | Masaya Nakamura | Producer |
| Directing | Kei Kumai | Director |
| Camera | Kazuo Okuhara | Director of Photography |
| Art | Takeo Kimura | Art Direction |
| Production | Hisao Kurosawa | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Kazuto Kawazoe | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Hirotake Yoda | Producer |
| Sound | Teizō Matsumura | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Naoto Sarukawa | Producer |
| Sound | Takeshi Ogawa | Sound |
| Production | Shigehiro Toriyama | Producer |
| Crew | Hiroshi Kuze | Fight Choreographer |
| Production | Hajime Satomi | Producer |
| Production | Kôshirô Andô | Producer |
| Production | Yuji Oda | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kazuko Kurosawa | Costume Design |
| Camera | Shigeto Kunii | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Osamu Inoue | Editor |
| Writing | Kei Kumai | Screenplay |
| Production | Sunobu Horigome | Producer |
| Production | Haruyuki Machida | Producer |
| Production | Kôichi Miyagawa | Producer |
| Production | Masaya Nakamura | Executive Producer |