Ocean Waves (1993) May 2026

Deals with divorce, family tension, and social isolation. Where to Watch

Told through flashbacks, college student Taku Morisaki recalls his final year of high school in Kochi City , marked by the arrival of a beautiful but difficult transfer student from Tokyo, Rikako Muto. Ocean Waves (1993)

An academically gifted student who struggles to adjust to life outside of Tokyo, often acting out or isolating herself from her classmates. Deals with divorce, family tension, and social isolation

According to IMDb's Parents Guide , the film is rated for thematic material: According to IMDb's Parents Guide , the film

The grounded protagonist who often finds himself caught between his loyalties and his growing feelings for Rikako.

Can be found on platforms like Prime Video and GKIDS (which handled the 2017 North American home video release).

(1993), originally titled Umi ga Kikoeru ("I Can Hear the Sea"), is a unique entry in the Studio Ghibli catalog. Unlike the studio's more famous fantasy epics, it is a grounded, low-key coming-of-age drama that originally aired as a television movie . Overview