Japan Synopsis
海がきこえる
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…
The 1992–1994 Japan Window
112 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Ocean Waves sits at position #76.
#1Furuhata Ninzaburo
★ 8.8 · 1994
#2Slam Dunk
★ 8.6 · 1993
#3Yu Yu Hakusho
★ 8.6 · 1992
#4Magic Knight Rayearth
★ 8.5 · 1994
#5Sailor Moon
★ 8.4 · 1992
#6Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
★ 8.3 · 1993
#7Ranma ½: The Movie 2 — The Battle of Togenkyo: Rescue the Brides!
★ 8.1 · 1992
#8Sailor Moon R: The Movie
★ 7.9 · 1993
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Ocean Waves. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Studio Ghibli
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Ocean Waves premiered. 447 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,258 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (29th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #2,041 of 2,532 (top 81%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Studio Ghibli, Tokuma Shoten, J.C.STAFF, Nippon Television Network Corporation |
| Runtime | 1h 12m |
| Release Date | May 5, 1993 |
| IMDb | tt0108432 |