Comforting her, Taku offers his bed and attempts to sleep in the bathtub. Later, Rikako explains that when her parents were fighting, she had always sided with her father, but had now discovered he was not on her side. Her father thanks Taku, repays the loan and arranges a room at the Hyatt Regency. Upon arrival, it appears that Rikako has not forewarned her father, interrupting his planned trip with a girlfriend. He races to the airport, sending Yumi home, saying that he will accompany Rikako. Out of the blue, a distressed Yumi calls Taku, explaining that Rikako had tricked her into coming to the airport on the pretence of a concert trip, only to discover that their real destination is Tokyo, tickets paid for with Taku's money. Rikako has not returned Taku's money and he wonders if she has forgotten. Later, Rikako admonishes him for telling Yutaka about the money, saying that he also loaned her ¥20,000.īack in Kōchi, the third year begins with Rikako making a friend, Yumi Kohama. As she departs, Taku sees a stern Yutaka and feels compelled to explain. Promising to repay him, she warns not to tell anyone. As Taku has a part-time job, he lends her ¥60,000. She explains that she has lost her money and asks to borrow some. Taku, suffering from an upset stomach, is stopped in the hotel lobby by Rikako. The school year ends, heralding the Hawaii trip. In a phone conversation with Yutaka, he discovers that Rikako is living away from the family house. His mother learns from gossip that a divorce brought Rikako's mother to Kōchi.
Taku believes she is unhappy about leaving Tokyo. Rikako is academically gifted and good at sports, but also arrogant. Taku teases Yutaka about his infatuation. She thanks Yutaka for providing directions to a bookstore. At the school gates, Taku is introduced to the new girl, Rikako Muto. The boys discuss their upcoming school trip to Hawaii. He finds Yutaka at a window, watching an attractive female transfer student whom Yutaka was asked to show around. In Kōchi, two years prior, Taku receives a call from his friend, Yutaka Matsuno, asking to meet at their high school. Obiyamachi Shopping Arcade is a frequent film backdrop. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by GKIDS on April 18, 2017, with only the Japanese audio with English subtitles.
However, it ended up going both over budget and over schedule. Ocean Waves was an attempt by Studio Ghibli to allow their younger staff members to make a film reasonably cheaply. It concerns a love triangle that develops between two good friends and a new girl who transfers to their high school from Tokyo. The film is set in the city of Kōchi, on the Japanese island of Shikoku.
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In the same year, a TV drama was produced mainly based on this work starring Shinji Takeda and Hitomi Satō. In 1995, the sequel, I Can Hear the Sea II: Because There Is Love, was published. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten and the Nippon Television Network. Ocean Waves, known in Japan as I Can Hear the Sea ( Japanese: 海がきこえる, Hepburn: Umi ga Kikoeru), is a 1993 Japanese anime television film directed by Tomomi Mochizuki and written by Kaori Nakamura based on the 1990-1992 novel of the same name by Saeko Himuro. Tetsuya Kuroda (TV Asahi), Masayuki Morikawa ( Horipro) I Can Hear the Sea II: Because There Is Love
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