The Sound of Waves

The Sound of Waves 2012 Directed by Ryūsuke Hamaguchi , Ko Sakai なみのおと

The first part of a trilogy focusing on the northeast Tohoku region, co-directed by Sakai Ko and Hamaguchi Ryusuke. Impromptu interviews were carried out with disaster victims mainly along the Sanriku Coast, which had been ravaged by tsunamis several times prior to the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, and makes emotional discoveries within dialogues between close-knit people including families and workmates.

Country Japan

Production Country Japan

Language Japanese

Spoken Language Japanese

Gnere Documentary

Production Company Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts

Release Date 28 July 2012

142 mins