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Ocean Waves

1993 · 72 min · Director: Tomomi Mochizuki ★ IMDb 6.6 · 24,045 ratings

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The main character travels to his hometown for his high school reunion. During the trip, he recalls the memories of the days in high school. Friendship, subtle love, a trip to Tokyo and so on all came back to him as the film evolves.

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Emotional fingerprint

Ocean Waves (1993) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Nostalgia 35%, Melancholy 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Nostalgia, Melancholy, Love. Genres: Drama, Romance, Animation. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Nostalgia, Melancholy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 65/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Love
  • Nostalgia
  • Empathy

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Nostalgia

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Love

Love
Nostalgia
Empathy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveNostalgiaEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 2′Nostalgia24 %3 %21 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 5′Nostalgia29 %5 %18 %15 %
12.5 %≈ 9′Tension32 %8 %14 %20 %
17.5 %≈ 13′Nostalgia31 %11 %12 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 16′Empathy32 %12 %9 %27 %
27.5 %≈ 20′Empathy35 %12 %5 %33 %
32.5 %≈ 23′Empathy37 %13 %3 %32 %
37.5 %≈ 27′Tension40 %12 %3 %26 %
42.5 %≈ 31′Tension45 %11 %7 %26 %
47.5 %≈ 34′Empathy46 %13 %12 %36 %
52.5 %≈ 38′Empathy50 %15 %10 %48 %
57.5 %≈ 41′Empathy55 %15 %7 %52 %
62.5 %≈ 45′Empathy51 %14 %7 %43 %
67.5 %≈ 49′Tension52 %11 %8 %35 %
72.5 %≈ 52′Tension58 %11 %11 %39 %
77.5 %≈ 56′Sadness56 %15 %26 %40 %
82.5 %≈ 59′Nostalgia52 %24 %43 %35 %
87.5 %≈ 63′Nostalgia56 %36 %54 %32 %
92.5 %≈ 67′Nostalgia63 %50 %54 %28 %
97.5 %≈ 70′Love65 %60 %47 %23 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

YS
Yoko Sakamoto

YA
Yuri Amano

Akiko Shimizu (voice)

KA
Kae Araki

Yumi Kohama (voice)

JK
Jun'ichi Kanemaru

Okada (voice)

AS
Ai Satou

Taku's Mother (voice)

Aya Hisakawa

Young Girl (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Minarai (voice)

Hikaru Midorikawa

Tadashi Yamao (voice)

SS
Sumi Shimamoto

Rikako's Father's Lover (voice)

RS
Reiko Suzuki

Mrs. Okami (voice)

KA
Kinryu Arimoto

Rikako's Father (voice)

TW
Takeshi Watabe

Principle (voice)

AM
Ako Mayama

Additional Voices (voice)

SM
Sachiko Mitani

(voice)

Details

Directed by
Tomomi Mochizuki
Written by
Saeko Himuro, Keiko Niwa
Type
Animation
Released
1993
Runtime
72 min
Country
Japan
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 24,045 ratings
Feels mostly
Nostalgia
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