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Released
2002 · FILM

The Sea Is Watching

A brothel worker in 19th-century Japan risks everything to protect a wounded samurai, defying her ruthless employer and navigating dangerous secrets that could cost them both their lives.

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Runtime
119 min
Language
JA
DramaRomance

Synopsis

O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel

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Principal cast & crew: 20

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Osamu InoueShot by Kazuo OkuharaScored by Teizo Matsumura

Also known as

  • Das Meer kommtde
  • The Sea Is Watchingen
  • El mar que nos miraes
  • La mer regardefr
  • Il mare e l'amoreit

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