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Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi (A Scene at the Sea)

Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi (A Scene at the Sea) (1992)

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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

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Takeshi Kitano

Dec 12, 2000

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The film forces one to view it the way a deaf person sees the world.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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Audience Reviews for Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi (A Scene at the Sea)

I know how good Kitano is as a director and nor am I shocked by his more sensitive side, it is present in even his more violent films but for some reason I was still surprised and completely awestruck by this films beauty. There is nothing I dislike about it! A new favourite film!
September 10, 2010
SirPant

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A sweet love story and an ode to surfing without the violence that Kitano was, and is, notorious for. Even without a storyline centering around cops and yakuza, the film is distinctly Kitano. The central characters, Shigeru and Takako are deaf, and they do not utter one word of dialogue in the entire film.

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.
April 12, 2008
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  • A Scene at the Sea (DE)
  • A Scene at the Sea (Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi) (UK)
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