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A Scene at the Sea

1991 · 101 min

A quiet, tender, and slowly unfolding meditation on love and loss, with long silences and gentle humor that lingers.

Directed by
Takeshi Kitano
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Overview
A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend, he persists against all odds.

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Directed by
Takeshi Kitano
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • isolation
  • survival
  • grief
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance6
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, romance, comedy
Directed by
Takeshi Kitano
Written by
Takeshi Kitano
Starring
Claude Maki, Hiroko Oshima, Sabu Kawahara, Toshizo Fujiwara, Susumu Terajima, Katsuya Koiso, Toshio Matsui, Yasukazu Ishitani
Music
Joe Hisaishi
Cinematography
Katsumi Yanagijima
Runtime
101 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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