Overview
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...
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $88.4K worldwide against a $400K budget
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Based on
Based on Umi ga kikoeru
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Series
Part of the Studio Ghibli Feature Films series
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Music
Music by Shigeru Nagata
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Saeko HimuroNovel
- Keiko NiwaScreenplay
- Original title
- 海がきこえる
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 9, 1993
- Original language
- Japanese
- Budget
- $400K
- Revenue
- $88.4K
- Countries
- Japan
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In the United States
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Cast
Nobuo TobitaTaku Morisaki (voice)- Yoko SakamotoRikako Muto (voice)
Toshihiko SekiYutaka Matsuno (voice)
Yuri AmanoAkiko Shimizu (voice)
Kae ArakiYumi Kohama (voice)
Jun'ichi KanemaruOkada (voice)
Ai SatouTaku's Mother (voice)
Aya HisakawaYoung Girl (voice)
Tomokazu SekiMinarai (voice)
Hikaru MidorikawaTadashi Yamao (voice)
Sumi ShimamotoRikako's Father's Lover (voice)
Reiko SuzukiMrs. Okami (voice)
Kinryu ArimotoRikako's Father (voice)
Takeshi WatabePrinciple (voice)
Ako MayamaAdditional Voices (voice)- Sachiko Mitani(voice)
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