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Ocean Waves [Blu-ray + DVD]

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Category: Blu-ray DVD

Rarely seen outside of Japan, Ocean Waves is a subtle, poignant and wonderfully detailed story of adolescence and teenage isolation. Taku and his best friend Yutaka are headed back to school for what looks like another uneventful year. But they soon find their friendship tested by the arrival of Rikako, a beautiful new transfer student from Tokyo whose attitude vacillates wildly from flirty and flippant to melancholic. When Taku joins Rikako on a trip to Tokyo, the school erupts with rumors, and the three friends are forced to come to terms with their changing relationships.

Ocean Waves was the first Studio Ghibli film directed by someone other than studio founders Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, as director Tomomi Mochizuki led a talented staff of younger employees in an adaptation of Saeko Himuro’s best-selling novel. Full of shots bathed in a palette of pleasingly soft pastel colors and rich in the unexpected visual details typical of Studio Ghibli’s most revered works, Ocean Waves is an accomplished teenage drama and a true discovery.

Bonus Features:

  • Looking Back: A Staff Reunion, A featurette, reuniting the creators of Ocean Waves 11 years later
  • Film Storyboards**

**Blu-ray only

Run-time72 min
Aspect Ratio1.78:1
Release DateApril 18, 2017
AudioJapanese
RegionA/1
RatingPG-13
Production Date1993
SubtitlesEnglish

 

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Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Emma ★★★★★

The character animation in the background scenes is so detailed it feels like a living postcard of Kochi. I've rewatched the beach festival sequence twice already just to catch the small gestures between Taku and Rikako. The Blu-ray transfer is clean and the subtitles are easy to follow, which makes

Henry ★★★★★

Watching this for the first time, I was struck by how quietly it captures that ache of being a teenager, and the Blu-ray’s clean image makes the seaside town feel so immediate you can almost hear the waves. The story’s subtlety is its strength, and the disc’s extras (included DVD is a nice backup) g

Victoria O. ★★★★★

The transfer is gorgeous, with the coastal light and classroom scenes looking crisp on Blu-ray. It's a quiet film that sneaks up on you, and having the DVD as a backup is a nice bonus for lending out.

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