Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

nizsu Kitano's style is very unique. You always can distinguish his films among hundred thousands of films at the first glance. The slow-paced scenes, the calmness, emotionless acting style, silent humors are distinctive. His actors rarely speak, but as the story go on, you realize what it is all about. The title is " A scene at the sea", and if we count all the scenes Kitano used in this film, there are not above 10 scenes, especially the scene at the sea covered all the story. I have planned to rate this film 7/10 since I didn't really catch the ending. However, I lied on my bed 10 mins and thought of it. I remember the day our maim character came to the sea was a raining day. There was not a group of people playing football as usual. The girl followed the boy from a distant. Our main characters were hearing impaired. They have been living in their small universe. The old dustman was working with another guy ( not shingeru). And lolz I hope u can understand what I am trying to say. Anyway, this is the reason why this comment has spoiler warning. For those who don't really catch the ending too. Here is my theory: Shingeru was hearing impaired and he couldn't hear the forecast weather. He went to the beach as usual without knowing a storm coming. He was swept away by the sea *end of theory*. When I realize it, I can not help admiring and respecting how Kitano could build such a simple and beautiful story. Every single repetitive scene has its purpose. By the time you realize what lie behind the story, the scenes, the sea; you feel its depth.By the way, this is just his third film. I can not help rating it 10/10

jowang The silence is beautiful and poetic. The wave of the sea is the heartbeats of the hearing-impaired young couple, that only the people with beautiful mind can hear. The audience view the story from a distance but is consciously involved with things go. This is the best film from Japanese comedian/director Takeshi Kitano.

marquis de cinema Ano Natsu Ichiban Shizukana Umi/A Scene at the Sea(1992) is about a young male deaf-mute who after picking up an old surfboard has ambitions of becoming a champion surfer. Ambition becomes an important theme in this simple and tender romantic comedy. Shigeru unlike Masaki of 3-4x Jugatsu/Boiling Point(1990) wants to do something with his life and has ambitions for something successful. Ambition of a major character in a Takeshi Kitano film plays an essential role in Kids Return(1996). Moves away from the Yakuza world of Violent Cop(1989) and Boiling Point(1990). Takeshi Kitano is no different from some directors like John Woo or Sam Peckinpah in following up an intense violent film with a charming simple film. Evident that Takeshi Kitano is a versatile filmmaker who's not a one trick pony. A Scene at the Sea(1992) returns to the director's roots as a famed comedian of Japanese television. Driven not by the surfing portion of the story but by the silent and expressionistic love between Shigeru and another deaf-mute person named Takako(woman). Their love for each other reaches a metaphysical level where words would do little justice in expressing the feelings of love. The expressionistic relationship between Shigeru and Takako resembles the almost silent but touching relationship of Nishi and his wife in Hana-Bi/Fireworks(1997). The feelings of love between Shigeru and Takako seems simple on the surface but is much more confound and complex once the viewer goes deep into the core of the apple. A Scene at the Scene is a wonderful film because it devoids of the usual cliches that typify the American beach and surf movie. Takeshi Kitano reinvents the American Surf film into something more Japanese and profound. Has none of the annoying aspects that characterize the American surf film. Overlooked as a film by one track minded critics and even mainstream audiences because of its take your time pace and subject. If it weren't for most of the characters being able to talk then A Scene at the Sea(1992) would be a silent film. The first line of dialogue does not come into play until five minutes into A Scene at the Sea(1992). The Closet Takeshi Kitano has come to making a silent picture(Combines the aspects of the silent and sound pictures). I would enjoy seeing Takeshi Kitano take on a project like a silent film because he could finds ways of reinventing this old style of filmmaking. Except for one moment there isn't any violence in sight which is unusual for a Kitano feature film. The one violent scene is only brief and is about a minute at best. The only other completely non violent feature Takeshi Kitano has done besides A Scene at the Sea(1992) is the sex comedy, Getting Any(1994). Interested in the peaceful aspects of human behavior instead of its violent counterparts. Volume three of the Beat Takeshi series and the first without Takeshi Kitano as an actor. Not acting here gives Takeshi Kitano more focus on the directing and editing chores. His acting style is filtered through the acting performances of Kuroudo Maki and Hiroko Oshima. A mature direction with focus on the simplicities of movie making. A Scene at the Sea(1992) uses the favorite Kitano locations of the beach and the sea more regularly than in any other film by him except Sonatine(1993) and Fireworks(1997). The bulk of the story takes place in beaches or near the sea. The only other filmmaker I can think of who used the beach and the sea as part of his landscapes is Italian filmmaker, Mario Bava. Shigeru is someone who's at home at the beach and feels a sense of personal happiness when working hard to become the best surfer he can be. The ending was very perplexing when I first saw this movie because of the merger of the past and present. The final two scenes have an air of Alain Resnair with the non linear use of flashback and present imagery. Feels like a moment out of a Alain Resnair film because things cease to make sense and becomes a series of lyrical images. Ano Natsu Ichiban Shizukana Umi/A Scene at the Sea(1992) was the first director-film composer collaboration between Takeshi Kitano and Jo Hisaishi. Some of the acting method resembles the Antonin Artaud style of acting which is characterized by bodily expressions being more important than words. The silent performances of Kuroudo Miki and Hiroko Oshima are examples in the Artaud idea of metaphysical acting. Like in his work for the theater, two of the characters in A Scene at the Sea(1992) are mute(the plays of Artaud always included someone who doesn't speak with words literally but with visual expression). What gives the acting of the two main characters an Artaud flavor is the reliance of the expression of the senses(Imagery) over the expressions of the mind(words).

Harpo 2046 I really like this film, because the silence in this film is very comfortable. It is not boring and it is different from what we usually see. And the music is written by Hisaishi, who is one of the best composers now. And even if the actors are not excellent, in this film, it is not important.