Together 2025 - Movies (Aug 26th)
Stans 2025 - Movies (Aug 26th)
I Know What You Did Last Summer 2025 - Movies (Aug 26th)
Prepare to Die 2024 - Movies (Aug 26th)
Karate Kid Legends 2025 - Movies (Aug 26th)
Lilo and Stitch 2025 - Movies (Aug 26th)
Ballerina 2025 - Movies (Aug 25th)
Girl in the Cellar 2025 - Movies (Aug 25th)
Relay 2024 - Movies (Aug 24th)
Trust 2025 - Movies (Aug 24th)
The Assessment 2024 - Movies (Aug 24th)
Dear Stranger 2025 - Movies (Aug 23rd)
The Throwback 2024 - Movies (Aug 23rd)
Growing Happiness 2024 - Movies (Aug 23rd)
A New Kind of Wilderness 2024 - Movies (Aug 23rd)
Honey Dont 2025 - Movies (Aug 22nd)
The Truth About Jussie Smollett 2025 - Movies (Aug 22nd)
Madeleine McCann The Unseen Evidence 2025 - Movies (Aug 21st)
Exit 8 2025 - Movies (Aug 21st)
Clown in a Cornfield 2025 - Movies (Aug 19th)
House on Eden 2025 - Movies (Aug 19th)
Beyond the Gates - (Aug 26th)
The Chase Australia - (Aug 26th)
Survival Mode - (Aug 26th)
The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle - (Aug 26th)
Sister Boniface Mysteries - (Aug 26th)
Below Deck - (Aug 26th)
American Ninja Warrior - (Aug 26th)
Bachelor in Paradise - (Aug 26th)
Taskmaster NZ - (Aug 26th)
The McBee Dynasty- Real American Cowboys - (Aug 26th)
A Sorority Moms Guide to Rush - (Aug 26th)
Dr. Pimple Popper- Breaking Out - (Aug 26th)
My True Crime Story - (Aug 26th)
Life After People- The Series - (Aug 26th)
LEGO Masters Jr. - (Aug 26th)
Mean Girl Murders - (Aug 26th)
Contraband- Seized at the Border - (Aug 26th)
90 Day- Hunt For Love Between the Sheets - (Aug 26th)
90 Day- Hunt For Love - (Aug 26th)
POV - (Aug 26th)
The Sea is Watching starts off as an attractive film; rich colors, effective photography, nice framing, fetching prostitutes. Then it goes melodrama, followed by silly, culminating in corny which brought a smile to my face before the surreal kicked in. It never stops looking good, though. There's nothing new or groundbreaking story-wise. It's a charming, sometimes funny, bittersweet tale of the inhabitants of a samurai-era brothel whose entire district ends up under water. Plot-wise it focuses on the love lives of two of the working girls: Kikuno (Misa Shimizu) plays an elder to the younger girls and enjoys being the object of pursuit, never giving in to the suitors who want to take care of her and take her for their very own; and Oshin (Nagiko Tono) who seems to fall in love with every one of her clients. One of them, a sweet samurai type, visits her often and convinces her that her "fallen soul" and "soiled body" can become pure again—just like a person's hair, nails, and teeth fall out and grow back. "A body can become pure again ... it would be too horrible for words if it weren't true". Oshin is the main protagonist of the film and is meant to give it an emotional center as her heart breaks and yearns, but it never quite happens. Although Shimizu and Tono give good performances, overall the acting is not one of the film's high points. I recommend the film to those wanting a taste of historical Japanese culture and who enjoy quiet films about love, loss, and friendship. Yes, the ladies are prostitutes but they have feelings too.