The Sea Is Watching
2002, Japanese. Directed by Kei Kumai.
O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 27 July 2002
- Original title
- 海は見ていた
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Akira Kurosawa, Kei Kumai
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The Sea Is Watching runs 119 minutes (1h 59m).
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The Sea Is Watching isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 July 2002. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Sea Is Watching?
The Sea Is Watching (2002) was directed by Kei Kumai and stars Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tono, Hidetaka Yoshioka.