The Sea Is Watching

Synopsis: Kei Kumai's Umi Wa Miteita (The Sea Watches) has a script written by the late Japanese master Akira Kurosawa. O-Shin (Nagiko Tohno) is a geisha. One day a samurai named Fusanosuke (Hidetaka Yoshioka) appears in her town on the run after having killed a man. She assists him by cutting his hair. The two fall in love, despite the protestations from O-Shin's friend Kikuno (Misa Shimizu). Eventually Fusanosuke leaves, only to return one day and reveal that he is engaged. The second half of the film involves O-Shin again falling in love with a samurai, this one named Ryosuke (Masatoshi Nagase). The Sea Watches was screened at the San Sebastian Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide 

Starring:  Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tohno, Masatoshi Nagase 

Director:  Kei Kumai

Writer:  
Akira Kurosawa 
Shugoro Yamamoto (novel)

Released:  2002 (theater)

Rating:   for some sexuality.

Country:  Japan

Language:  Japanese

AKA: 
Umi wa miteita (original title)
Sea Watches, The