Bright Sea
1963, Japanese. Directed by Kō Nakahira.
On the day of college graduation, Mieko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) stood on stage as the valedictorian for the Department of English. During her university years she made sure that she would always come out on top, and she did. With a victorious graduation behind her, she plans out the next chapter of her life: become a successful novelist and go out with a classmate she's been secretly eyeing for the past couple of years.
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 26 December 1963
- Original title
- 光る海
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Ichirō Ikeda
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Bright Sea runs 125 minutes (2h 5m).
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Bright Sea isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 December 1963. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Bright Sea?
If you liked Bright Sea, try Achilles and the Tortoise, Class Act, Family Weekend.
Who directed Bright Sea?
Bright Sea (1963) was directed by Kō Nakahira and stars Sayuri Yoshinaga, Mitsuo Hamada, Masako Izumi.