Ocean Waves (1993)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

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...

• Released: 1993-10-09
• Genres: Animation, Drama, Romance
• Runtime: 1h 12m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.4/10 from 1,010 votes

Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki.

Top cast

• Nobuo Tobita as Taku Morisaki (voice)
• Yoko Sakamoto as Rikako Muto (voice)
• Toshihiko Seki as Yutaka Matsuno (voice)
• Yuri Amano as Akiko Shimizu (voice)
• Kae Araki as Yumi Kohama (voice)
• Jun'ichi Kanemaru as Okada (voice)
• Ai Satou as Taku's Mother (voice)
• Aya Hisakawa as Young Girl (voice)
• Tomokazu Seki as Minarai (voice)
• Hikaru Midorikawa as Tadashi Yamao (voice)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Ocean Waves

• United States: stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• India: stream on Netflix
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Fetch TV

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