The sea is watching (DVD) [videorecording] / TriStar Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) and Nikkatsu Corporation present a Sea Watches Production Committee production in association with Kurosawa Productions, a Kei Kumai film ; producer, Naoto Sarukawa ; written by Akira Kurosawa ; directed by Kei Kumai.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. Based on the short stories "The smell of an unknown flower" and "Before the dew dries" by Shugoro Yamamoto. Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tohno, Masatoshi Nagasu, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Renji Ishibashi, Eiji Okuda.
Summary:
O-Shin, a beautiful young geisha in 19th century Japan, meets a samurai named Fusanosuke, who is on the run for killing a man. She assists him by cutting his hair. Despite the protests of O-Shin's friend, the two fall in love. Eventually he leaves O-Shin, only to return later and reveal that he is engaged. O-Shin, eventually, falls in love again - to Ryosuke, who is also a samurai.
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