The Sea Is Watching
Drama, Romance
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2002
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Based on Akira Kurosawa's final unproduced script, this Edo-period drama takes place almost entirely inside an ocean-village brothel. 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:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
R
Runtime:
119 min
Release date:
27 Jul 2002
Country:
JP
Languages:
Japanese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 nomination.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
It has been directed by Kei Kumai as a film that seems more melodramatic and sentimental than Kurosawa's norm.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
24 Oct 2003
fresh:
Filled with love and melancholy, it's a fitting, fond epilogue to [Kurosawa].
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Oct 2003
rotten:
I don't think I'm going too far out on a limb by saying the Sea that Kurosawa must have envisioned had to be a whole lot more compelling and focused than the one now delivered by veteran director Kei Kumai.
– Glenn Lovell,
San Jose Mercury News,
25 Jul 2003
rotten:
An undistinguished affair.
– Richard James Havis,
Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jul 2003
fresh:
It is a little like following a Jane Austen novel.
– C.W. Nevius,
San Francisco Chronicle,
22 Jul 2003