Ocean Waves
1993 | 72m | Japanese
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Tomomi Mochizuki |
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| Writer: | Keiko Niwa, Saeko Himuro |
| Staring: |
| 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... | |
| Release Date: | Oct 09, 1993 |
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| Director: | Tomomi Mochizuki |
| Writer: | Keiko Niwa, Saeko Himuro |
| Genres: | Animation, Drama, Romance, TV Movie |
| Keywords | friendship, love, surrealism, tokyo, japan, falling in love, high school reunion, unspoken love, anime, ambiguous, disgusted |
| Production Companies | Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Studio Ghibli |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Sep 30, 2025 Entered: Sep 30, 2025 |
![Official Trailer [Subtitled]](/extra_thumbs/tfkHiHjrqa8.jpg)
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Nobuo Tobita | Taku Morisaki (voice) |
| Yoko Sakamoto | Rikako Mutou (voice) |
| Toshihiko Seki | Yutaka Matsuno (voice) |
| Yuri Amano | Akiko Shimizu (voice) |
| Kae Araki | Yumi Kohama (voice) |
| Jun'ichi Kanemaru | Okada (voice) |
| Ai Satou | Taku's Mother (voice) |
| Aya Hisakawa | Young Girl (voice) |
| Tomokazu Seki | Minarai (voice) |
| Hikaru Midorikawa | Tadashi Yamao (voice) |
| Sumi Shimamoto | Rikako's Father's Lover (voice) |
| Reiko Suzuki | Mrs. Okami (voice) |
| Kinryu Arimoto | Rikako's Father (voice) |
| Takeshi Watabe | Principle (voice) |
| Ako Mayama | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Shigeru Nagata | Original Music Composer |
| Atsuko Otani | Key Animation |
| Katsuichi Nakayama | Key Animation |
| Masashi Ando | Key Animation |
| Shougo Furuya | Key Animation |
| Yoshifumi Kondo | Key Animation |
| Atsushi Okui | Director of Photography |
| Tomomi Mochizuki | Director |
| Katsuya Kondo | Animation Director, Character Designer |
| Keiko Niwa | Screenplay |
| Hideaki Yoshio | Key Animation |
| Hiroomi Yamakawa | Key Animation |
| Kenichi Konishi | Key Animation |
| Kenichi Yoshida | Key Animation |
| Mayumi Hirota | Key Animation |
| Mitsuo Iso | Key Animation |
| Takao Yoshino | Key Animation |
| Takeshi Inamura | Key Animation |
| Yoko Sakamoto | Theme Song Performance |
| Kumiko Taniguchi | Compositing Artist |
| Saeko Himuro | Novel |
| Masaaki Endou | Key Animation |
| Hiroshi Shimizu | Key Animation |
| Masako Shinohara | Key Animation |
| Noriko Moritomo | Key Animation |
| Toshio Kawaguchi | Key Animation |
| Naoya Tanaka | Art Direction |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Toru Horikoshi | Producer |
| Shinichiro Maeda | Producer |
| Michio Yokoo | Producer |
| Nozomu Takahashi | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 28 | 36 | 17 |
| 2024 | 5 | 32 | 58 | 21 |
| 2024 | 6 | 34 | 59 | 22 |
| 2024 | 7 | 36 | 66 | 24 |
| 2024 | 8 | 25 | 38 | 14 |
| 2024 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 13 |
| 2024 | 10 | 38 | 87 | 15 |
| 2024 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 13 |
| 2024 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 14 |
| 2025 | 1 | 21 | 41 | 15 |
| 2025 | 2 | 17 | 29 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 548 | 553 |