Country
Switzerland
Date
Aug 01, 2009
Note
Locarno Film Festival
1h 12min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
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...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Sachiko Mitani | (voice) |
Genres
AnimationDramaRomance
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | 海がきこえる |
| Lingua originale | 日本語 (JA) |
| Lingue parlate | 日本語 |
| Paesi di produzione | Japan |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Studio Ghibli, Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network Corporation |
| Data di uscita | 9 ottobre 1993 |
| Producer | Toshio Suzuki |
| Writer | Saeko Himuro, Keiko Niwa |
| Editors | Hiroshi Adachi |
| Cinematography | Atsushi Okui |
| Asst. Directors | Tomomi Mochizuki |
| Camera Operators | Atsushi Okui |
| Add. Photography | Atsushi Okui |
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| Production Design | Naoya Tanaka |
| Art Direction | Naoya Tanaka |
| Set Decoration | Naoya Tanaka |
| Visual Effects | |
| Composer | Shigeru Nagata, Yoko Sakamoto |
| Sound | Shigeru Nagata, Yoko Sakamoto |
Release dates
Premiere
Country
United States
Date
Oct 14, 2012
Note
Hawaii Film Festival
Limited release
Country
Japan
Date
Oct 09, 1993
Certification
G
Note
7th Art Theater (Osaka , Osaka Prefecture, October 9 - October 22, 1993)
Country
United States
Date
Dec 28, 2016
Certification
PG-13
Country
Spain
Date
Feb 26, 2023
Note
Madrid - Cineteca
Theatrical release
Country
Japan
Date
Dec 25, 1993
Certification
G
Note
Tokyo
Country
United States
Date
Jul 13, 1994
Certification
PG-13
Country
Ireland
Date
Oct 07, 1994
Certification
PG
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Oct 07, 1994
Certification
PG
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Country
Australia
Date
Jun 16, 1995
Certification
PG
Country
Czechia
Date
Jun 13, 2024
Certification
12+
Country
Brazil
Date
Sep 18, 2025
Certification
10
Note
Ghibli Fest
Digital
Country
France
Date
Feb 01, 2020
Certification
TP
Note
Netflix
Physical media
Country
Japan
Date
Jul 23, 1999
Note
VHS
Country
Hong Kong
Date
Apr 01, 2004
Certification
I
Note
DVD
Country
Taiwan
Date
Apr 15, 2004
Certification
0+
Note
DVD
Country
Hungary
Date
Mar 24, 2009
Certification
12
Note
DVD
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Country
Poland
Date
May 20, 2009
Certification
12
Note
DVD
Country
Germany
Date
Oct 12, 2009
Certification
0
Note
DVD
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Jan 25, 2010
Certification
PG
Note
DVD
Country
Sweden
Date
Feb 10, 2010
Certification
7
Note
DVD
Country
Australia
Date
Jun 09, 2010
Note
DVD
Country
Spain
Date
Oct 29, 2012
Certification
A
Note
DVD
Country
Italy
Date
Mar 23, 2016
Certification
T
Note
DVD/Blu-ray
Country
United States
Date
Apr 18, 2017
Certification
PG-13
Note
DVD & Blu-ray
Country
France
Date
Jun 22, 2022
Certification
TP
Note
DVD & Blu-ray
TV
Country
Japan
Date
May 05, 1993
Note
Nippon TV
Country
Germany
Date
Jun 11, 2011
Note
Super RTL
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