Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi (A Scene at the Sea) (1992)
Release Date: Oct 19, 1991 Wide
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Takeshi Kitano -- who, along with directing some of the most acclaimed films of the 1990s, appears on four television shows, writes a number of newspaper columns, and somehow finds the time to crank out a book or two a year -- takes a break from his trademark two-fisted yakuza sagas such as Violent Cop to spin this restrained and very quiet drama about a deaf young man named Shigeru (Kurodo Maki) and his girlfriend, Takako (Hiroko Oshima). Shigeru, a garbage collector, happens upon a discarded
Oct 19, 1991 Wide
Dec 12, 2000
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Claude Maki
Shigeru -
Hiroko Oshima
Takako -
Sabu Kawahara
Takoh -
Nenzo Fujiwara
Nakajima -
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The film forces one to view it the way a deaf person sees the world.
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As with all of Kitano's films, this is one that makes the viewer slow down and take in the film's style and story. Kitano's trademark minimalism here results in a film that unreels as a series of snapshots of a perfect summer. Heartbreaking, uplifting and simply beautiful.
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Foreign Titles
- A Scene at the Sea (DE)
- A Scene at the Sea (Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi) (UK)
