Ocean Waves

Released: 2022-10-11
Available in: US & Canada
SKU: 826663229172
$19.98 $24.98
Description

"Something special, and kind of magical." – Glenn Kenny, The New York Times

From the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, comes a poignant and wonderfully nuanced story of adolescence and growing up.

Taku and his best friend Yutaka are headed back to school for what looks like another uneventful year. But they soon find their friendship tested by the arrival of Rikako, a beautiful new transfer student from Tokyo whose attitude shifts wildly from flirty and flippant to melancholic. When Taku joins Rikako on a trip to Tokyo, the school erupts with rumors, and the three friends are forced to come to terms with their changing relationships. Ocean Waves is a beautifully animated adapatation of Saeko Himuro's best-selling novel, and a true discovery.

Bonus Features for Blu-ray/DVD

  • Exclusive Booklet
  • Feature-Length Storyboards
  • The Ghiblies Episode 2
  • Looking Back: Staff Reunion
  • US Theatrical Trailer
DISCS
2
RUN-TIME
72 min
ASPECT RATIO
1.85:1
COLOR
Color
LANGUAGE
Japanese
REGION
Region A/1
RATING
PG-13
PRODUCTION DATE
1993
CLOSED-CAPTIONED
No
SUBTITLES
English

Cast & Crew

Nobuo TobitaTaku Morisaki
Toshihiko SekiYutaka Matsuno
Yoko SakamotoRikako Muto
Yuri AmanoAkiko Shimizu
Kae ArakiYumi Kohama
Jun'ichi KanemaruOkada
Ai SatôTaku's mother
Aya HisakawaGirl
Tomokazu SekiMinarai
Hikaru MidorikawaTadashi Yamao
Tomomi MochizukiDirector
Saeko HimuroWriter
Keiko NiwaWriter
Toshio SuzukiProducer
Nozomu TakahashiProducer

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