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Ocean Waves (movie)

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Alternative title:
Eu Posso Ouvir o Oceano (Portuguese)
Flüstern des Meeres (German)
I Can Hear the Sea
Jag kan höra havet (Swedish)
Je peux entendre l'océan (French)
Jeg Kan Høre Havet (Japanese)
Puedo escuchar el mar (Spanish)
Si sente il mare (Italian)
Słyszę szum morza (Polish)
Umi ga Kikoeru (Japanese)
Здесь слышен океан (Russian)
海がきこえる (Japanese)
海潮之聲 (Chinese (Taiwan))
바다가 들린다 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Ocean Waves is high school love story set in Kochi, Japan. Morisaku Taku and Matsuno Yutaka are best friends when a girl from Tokyo named Muto Rikako transfers to their school. Excluding herself from group activities, she’s eventually labeled a snob. Matsuno has a crush on Rikako, so it’s no surprise that he gets a little jealous when Morisaku and Rikako start spending more time together. The rumors around school get worse, but Morisaku still insists there is nothing between him and Rikako.
User Ratings: 690 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 44 votes (sub:40, dub:3, raw:1)
 Excellent: 106 votes (sub:91, dub:5, raw:3, others:7
5 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 176 votes (sub:151, dub:10, ?:2, raw:1, others:12
2 Russian dubbed
2 Italian subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Polish edited dub
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 178 votes (sub:153, dub:8, raw:3, ?:1, others:13
4 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 German dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 Hungarian subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Finnish subtitled
)
 Decent: 100 votes (sub:84, dub:7, ?:1, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Mandarin dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 44 votes (sub:35, dub:6, raw:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:12, dub:1, ?:1, raw:1)
 Weak: 20 votes (sub:18, dub:1, others:1
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:5, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1016 users, rank: #1207 (of 9791)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.248 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.6465, rank: #2788 (of 9940)
Weighted mean: 7.190 (Good+), rank: #2834 (of 9940) (seen all: 7.20 / seen some: 6.60 / won't finish: 5.44)
Bayesian estimate: 7.195 (Good+), rank: #2602 (of 7520)
Running time: 72 minutes
Vintage:
1993-04-10
2005-05-10 (Canal CinemaPlus - Colombia)
2016-12-28 (USA)
2017-05-26 (Señal Colombia - Colombia)
Premiere date:
1993-05-05 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 7
Ending Theme:
"Umi ni Naretara" (海になれたら; "If I Can Be an Ocean") by Youko Sakamoto
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 6
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Ocean Waves (Sub.Blu-ray + DVD) 2017-04-18 (from $17.49)
    Ocean Waves (Sub.Blu-ray + DVD) 2022-10-11 (from $17.49)
DVD (Region 1)
    Ocean Waves (Sub.DVD) 2017-04-18 (from $13.99)
DVD (Region 2)
    Ocean Waves (Sub.DVD) 2010-01-25 (from $114.00)
DVD (Region 4)
    Ocean Waves (Sub.DVD) 2010-06-30

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Screenplay: Keiko Niwa (as Kaori Nakamura)
Character Design: Katsuya Kondō
Art Director: Naoya Tanaka
Animation Director: Katsuya Kondō
Original Novel: Saeko Himuro
Sound Director: Yasuo Uragami
Director of Photography: Atsushi Okui
Executive producer:
Hideo Ogata
Hitohiro Wada

Assistant Animation Director: Masashi Ando (uncredited)
Assistant producer: Naomi Yamada
Assistant Unit Director: Kazuya Murata
Color setting: Yumi Furuya
Dialect Instruction:
Sumi Shimamoto
Takeshi Watabe
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Editing Assistant: Hiroshi Adachi
Music Production:
Tomoko Okada
Yoshihiro Oikawa
NTV Desk: Mamiko Ito
NTV Publicity Manager: Noriko Tachie
Production Advancement:
Hiroyuki Itō
Koji Aritomi
Koji Otsuka
Production Affairs: Tamami Yamamoto
Production manager: Toshiyuki Kawabata
Production producer: Nozomu Takahashi
Sound Effects: Masakazu Yokoyama
Sound Production Desk: Megumi Ozawa
Special Effects: Kunji Tanifuji
Theme Song Composition:
Shigeru Nagata (ED, music)
Tomomi Mochizuki (ED, lyric)
Theme Song Performance: Youko Sakamoto (ED)
Titles: Akira Michikawa
Nobuo Tobita as Taku Morisaki
Toshihiko Seki as Yutaka Matsuno
Youko Sakamoto as Rikako Mutou

Ai Satō as Taku's mother
Aya Hisakawa as girl
Hikaru Midorikawa as Tadashi Yamao
Kae Araki as Yumi Kohama
Kan Tokumaru as Kawamura
Kinryuu Arimoto as Rikako's father
Reiko Suzuki as Restaurant Hostess
Sumi Shimamoto as Rikako's father's lover
Takeshi Watabe as Principal
Tomokazu Seki as minarai
Toshiharu Sakurai as Male student
Yuri Amano as Akiko Shimizu

Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio Ghibli
Film Developing: Imagica
Music Production: Tokuma Japan Communications
Photography: Asahi Production
Production: Studio Ghibli
Recording Studio: APU Studio
Sound Production: Audio Planning U
English companies
English staff
Translation: Jim Hubbert
Distributor:
GKIDS (USA)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Optimum Releasing (UK)
Shout! Factory (North America; 2022)
Universal Studios (USA)
Internet Streaming:
HBO Max (USA)
Netflix (Worldwide, excl. USA and Japan)
English cast
(none)
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Ji Hee Kim as Rikako Mutou
Seok-Jeong Yang as Taku Morisaki
Yeong-Hui Byeon as Yutaka Matsuno

Jeong-Ho Choi as Okada
Jin-Eung Im as
Kawamura
Rikako's father
Tadashi Yamao
Ok-Hee Choi as
Mika
Taku's mother
Ok-Ju Jeong as Yumi Kohama
Yeon-Hui Lee as Akiko Shimizu
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Philippa Roche

Adaptation: Samuel Lavie
Adeline Chetail as Rikako Muto
Adrien Larmande as Taku Morisaki
Martin Faliu as Yukata Matsuno

Benoît Cauden as Tadashi Yamao
Céline Legendre-Herda as Akiko Shimizu
Jonathan Gimbord as Okada
Lila Lacombe as Yumi Kohama
Sabeline Amaury as Mère de Taku
French companies
Dubbing: BTI Studios
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Juan Alfonso Arenas (Spain dub; Netflix)
Translation: Natalia Gascón (Spain dub; Netflix)
ADR Script: Natalia Gascón (Spain dub; Netflix)

Production: Adrián del Pozo López (Spain dub; Netflix)
Subtitle Translation: María Retamero Martín (Netflix; Spain)
Alberto Escobal García as Taku Morisaki (Spain dub; Aurum)
Antón Palomar as Yutaka Matsuno (Spain dub; Aurum)
Desirée Álvarez as Rikako Muto (Spain dub; Netflix)
Diego del Arco as Yutaka Matsuno (Spain dub; Netflix)
Estívaliz Lizárraga as Rikako Muto (Spain dub; Aurum)
Juan Alfonso Arenas as Taku Morisaki (Spain dub; Netflix)

Alazne Erdozia as Taku's Mother (Spain dub; Aurum)
Alexia Lorrio as Akiko Shimizu (Spain dub; Netflix)
Ana Begoña Eguileor as Yumi Kohama (Spain dub; Aurum)
Anselmo Herrero as Takashi Yamao (Spain dub; Aurum)
César Martín as Takashi Yamao (Spain dub; Netflix)
Diana Torres as Ariga (Spain dub; Netflix)
Elena Jiménez as Yumi Kohama (Spain dub; Netflix)
Íñigo del Hoyo as Okada (Spain dub; Netflix)
Jaime de Diego as Okada (Spain dub; Aurum)
Juan Navarro Torello as Kawamura (Spain dub; Netflix)
Nuria Marín Picó as Akiko Shimizu (Spain dub; Aurum)
Verónica Llaneza Mielgo as Kiyomizu (Spain dub; Netflix)

Angel Coomonte (Spain dub; Netflix)
Carlos Larios (Spain dub; Netflix)
Eba Ojanguren (Spain dub; Aurum)
Eugenio Roldán (Spain dub; Netflix)
Iván de Pedro (Spain dub; Netflix)
Jara Luna (Spain dub; Netflix)
Jorge Peña (Spain dub; Netflix)
María Genzor (Spain dub; Netflix)
Marta Górriz (Spain dub; Netflix)
Pilar Ferrero (Spain dub; Aurum)
Spanish companies
ADR Production: BTI Studios (Netflix)
Broadcaster:
Canal CinemaPlus (Latin America)
Canal MAX (Latin America)
Cinema + (Colombia)
Cinemax Latin America (Latin America)
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Distributor:
Babilla Ciné (Colombia | Theatrical; DVD and Blu-ray)
Dubbing Studio:
Domusic TV (Spain dub; Aurum)
Tecnison (Spain dub; Netflix)
DVD Distribution: Babilla Ciné (Colombia)
Internet Streaming:
Netflix
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Licensed by: Aurum Producciones (Spain)
Theatrical Releaser: Babilla Ciné (Colombia)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Translation: Cristian Giorgi

Dialogues: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Erika Necci as Rikako Muto
Flavio Aquilone as Yutaka Matsuno
Raffaele Carpentieri as Taku Morisaki

Enzo Avolio as Rikako's father
Ermanno Ribaudo as President
EZIO CONENNA as Yamamoto
Guido Sagliocca as Cuoco
Mauro Magliozzi as Kawamura
Italian companies
Distributor: Lucky Red
Dubbing: SEFIT-CDC
Internet Streaming: Mediaset Infinity
German staff
German cast
(none)
Nico Sablik as Taku Morisaki
Tanya Kahana as Rikako Mutou
Tobias Nath as Yutaka Matsuno

Julia Ziffer as Akiko Shimizu
Robin Kahnmeyer as Tadashi Yamao
Sabine Winterfeldt as Takus Mutter
Sonja Spuhl as Yumi Kohama
Thomas Schmuckert as Rikakos Vater
German companies
Distributor: Universum-Films (ufa Anime)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Cinemax (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Swedish staff
Swedish companies
(none)
Distributor: Pan Vision
Swedish cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Distributor: Deltamac Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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