Shoya no umi

1984 1h 10m JA

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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A wealthy man has relationships with a married woman, an office lady and a high school girl. Two of them are friends, two are sisters and one leaves him frustrated.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kaoru Oda
Akiko Nawa
Ken Nishida
Ryô Ishii
Mariko Nishina
Eiko Sakaguchi
Bang-ho Cho
Kunio Fujii
Chie Azuma
Kayo
Kaoru Mizuki
Kibaji Tankobo
Shindô
Mami Mochizuki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shun Nakahara
Writers: Jun Takada
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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42 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shun Nakahara, shot by Teio Noda. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Yoshiyuki Okuhara shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Kaoru Oda and Ken Nishida and Mariko Nishina carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0318072 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Shun Nakahara directs. Teio Noda behind the camera. Yoshiyuki Okuhara cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
242 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Shun Nakahara, shot by Teio Noda. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Yoshiyuki Okuhara shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kaoru Oda and Ken Nishida and Mariko Nishina carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0318072 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.