Bright Sea

1963 2h 5m JA

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

DramaComedy

Synopsis

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On the day of college graduation, Mieko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) stood on stage as the valedictorian for the Department of English. During her university years she made sure that she would always come out on top, and she did. With a victorious graduation behind her, she plans out the next chapter of her life: become a successful novelist and go out with a classmate she's been secretly eyeing for the past couple of years.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Sayuri Yoshinaga
Mieko Ishida
Mitsuo Hamada
Takao Nosaka
Masako Izumi
Kumiko Hayama
Yukiyo Toake
Kazuko Hayama
Ken Yamauchi
Tatsuo Mukai
Kōji Wada
Ichiro Asanuma
Toshio Sugiyama
Kengo Kimura
Mieko Takamine
Yukiko Ishida

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kō Nakahira
Writers: Ichirō Ikeda
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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63 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Toshirō Mayuzumi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Sayuri Yoshinaga and Mitsuo Hamada and Masako Izumi carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0416813 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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

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The take

Kō Nakahira directs. Toshirō Mayuzumi scores. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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163 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Original score by Toshirō Mayuzumi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Sayuri Yoshinaga and Mitsuo Hamada and Masako Izumi carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0416813 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.