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Presented by The Chicago Film Society

Best known in the US for violent thrillers like Sonatine, Takeshi Kitano launched his own production company with this gentle, haunting masterpiece. A Scene at the Sea tells the story of a deaf trash collector (Claude Maki) who finds a broken surfboard on his garbage route. He repairs it and, encouraged by his girlfriend (Hiroko Ôshima), begins surfing every day, eventually entering in competitions. Driven by the music of frequent Miyazaki collaborator Joe Hisaishi, A Scene at the Sea is a film "with a minimalist eloquence that ... suggests all the joys and difficulties of life" (Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader).

In Japanese with English subtitles

Print courtesy of the Japan Foundation