A Scene at the Sea

Ano natsu, ichiban shizuka na umi, feature film, 1991.

DIRECTED BY: Takeshi Kitano

A Scene at the Sea

CAST:
Kroudo Maki (Shigeru),
Hiroko Oshima (Takako),
Sabu Kawahara (Takoh),
Toshizo Fujiwara (Nakajima)

SCRIPT:
Takeshi Kitano

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Katsumi Yanagishima

Synopsis:
Shigeru is a young deaf-mute man working as a garbage man. On his usual route for picking up trash, he finds a surfboard. Intrigued, he fixes it and goes to the beach. His first attempts to catch a wave are unsuccessful but he decides pursue it and practices every day. His girlfriend Takako and skeptical surfers watch him in his futile attempts.

color, 35mm, 101 min