Ocean Waves (1994)

海がきこえる
Ocean Waves
PG 72 minutes JA Animation , Drama , Romance
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...
Shigeru Nagata
Original Music Composer
Naoya Tanaka
Art Direction
Youko Sakamoto
Theme Song Performance
Katsuya Kondo
Animation Director

Cast

Nobuo Tobita
Taku Morisaki (voice)
Youko Sakamoto
Rikako Mutou (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Yutaka Matsuno (voice)
Yuri Amano
Akiko Shimizu (voice)
Kae Araki
Yumi Kohama (voice)
Jun'ichi Kanemaru
Okada (voice)
Ai Satou
Taku's Mother (voice)
Aya Hisakawa
Young Girl (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
Minarai (voice)
Hikaru Midorikawa
Tadashi Yamao (voice)
Sumi Shimamoto
Rikako's Father's Lover (voice)
Reiko Suzuki
Mrs. Okami (voice)
Kinryuu Arimoto
Rikako's Father (voice)
Takeshi Watabe
Principle (voice)
Ako Mayama
Additional Voices (voice)

Crew

Shigeru Nagata
Original Music Composer
Naoya Tanaka
Art Direction
Youko Sakamoto
Theme Song Performance
Katsuya Kondo
Animation Director
Atsushi Okui
Director of Photography
Masaaki Endou
Key Animation
Atsuko Otani
Key Animation
Hideaki Yoshio
Key Animation
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Key Animation
Toru Horikoshi
Producer
Michio Yokoo
Producer
Nozomu Takahashi
Executive Producer