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We go from one of the most sumptuously decadent (and long) Ghibli movies, to one of its shortest and lower budget efforts. It's time for a deep cut with one of Ghibli's lesser-known TV movies, "Ocean Waves" ("Umi ga kikoeru" - I can hear the sea).
Picture it - it's 1993 and Ghibli is a studio on the ascendant. After their big breakthrough movies in the late 80s, Ghibli was trying to keep its momentum up. This film comes in the middle of the studio's 5-year period of annual releases, a pace that has never been matched in their canon. Looking for a way to make a Ghibli movie on a limited budget, this TV movie was handed to Ghibli's younger staff, and we get the first one-shot director at the helm - the first woman too, Tomomi Mochizuki - and two first-time screenwriters adapting the source novel. So this is not going to be your usual Ghibli house-style.
The story follows a pair of high school boys, Taku & Yutaka, in Kochi, a cute coastal prefectural capital on Shikoku island. Despite being a large town the area, the pace of life is slow. At least until Tokyoite Rikako joins their school under mysterious circumstances. What's her deal, and will she disrupt the best friends' simmering bromance?
This film was received well enough, despite its fairly tangential connection to Studio Ghibli - and the fact that it was made for TV means it's one of the least well-known of the canon. No box office stats to speak of, since it was a TV movie, although it did get a very limited run in the US in 2016.
HOW THIS WORKS
In a semi book club format, the films will be announced, and over the course of about 2 weeks we can watch it and let everyone know what we thought. We are in the last third of the movies now, so I have decided to curate the last run and not pick the last big ones too soon - we've been really restrained I think so far, so thank you!
I was thinking 2 weeks should be enough time for most people to fit in a viewing at some point, but it's not strict so please come back when you have a chance, no pressure!
@Christian @Gangsta Nancy Lam @jivafox @COB @Haiku @ZenGiraffe @Lucille @KindaCool @Eyes @Queen of the Bay @RaspberrySwirl @RJN @Beverley @big ron @ButterTart @Mats (let me know if you don't want to be tagged any more)
Picture it - it's 1993 and Ghibli is a studio on the ascendant. After their big breakthrough movies in the late 80s, Ghibli was trying to keep its momentum up. This film comes in the middle of the studio's 5-year period of annual releases, a pace that has never been matched in their canon. Looking for a way to make a Ghibli movie on a limited budget, this TV movie was handed to Ghibli's younger staff, and we get the first one-shot director at the helm - the first woman too, Tomomi Mochizuki - and two first-time screenwriters adapting the source novel. So this is not going to be your usual Ghibli house-style.
The story follows a pair of high school boys, Taku & Yutaka, in Kochi, a cute coastal prefectural capital on Shikoku island. Despite being a large town the area, the pace of life is slow. At least until Tokyoite Rikako joins their school under mysterious circumstances. What's her deal, and will she disrupt the best friends' simmering bromance?
This film was received well enough, despite its fairly tangential connection to Studio Ghibli - and the fact that it was made for TV means it's one of the least well-known of the canon. No box office stats to speak of, since it was a TV movie, although it did get a very limited run in the US in 2016.
HOW THIS WORKS
In a semi book club format, the films will be announced, and over the course of about 2 weeks we can watch it and let everyone know what we thought. We are in the last third of the movies now, so I have decided to curate the last run and not pick the last big ones too soon - we've been really restrained I think so far, so thank you!
I was thinking 2 weeks should be enough time for most people to fit in a viewing at some point, but it's not strict so please come back when you have a chance, no pressure!
@Christian @Gangsta Nancy Lam @jivafox @COB @Haiku @ZenGiraffe @Lucille @KindaCool @Eyes @Queen of the Bay @RaspberrySwirl @RJN @Beverley @big ron @ButterTart @Mats (let me know if you don't want to be tagged any more)