Movie: Glassy Ocean

Top 10 Billed Cast

Eric Jacobsen
Eric Jacobsen

Ocean Floor Man

Hiroyuki Aoki
Hiroyuki Aoki

Alcoholic Philosopher

Ichiro Nagai
永井一郎

Old Man

Kento Ogasawara
Kento Ogasawara

Boy

Masaharu Satô
佐藤正治

Human Building (voice)

Masatoshi Nagase
永瀬正敏

Narrator

Masayuki Terashima
Masayuki Terashima

Spear Man

Noboru Mitani
三谷昇

Artist R

Shinichi Tsuda
Shinichi Tsuda

Lime Student

Takeshi Toshishige
Takeshi Toshishige

Dreaming Man

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    クジラの跳躍

  • Overview

    On what apparently is a parallel world, time flows in a much slower pace than normal. The ocean remains on a solid state of matter as the eccentric individuals who inhabit this land casually wander over it.

  • Release Date

    1998-11-14

  • Average

    6.7

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語
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