Another iconic, highly visual production from director/writer Beat Takeshi that explores his obsession with the ocean. There's something therapeutic about this moving story of a binman's passion for surfing; it's a tale of striving against the odds and perseverence getting you through. Takeshi himself isn't in this one, but Claude Maki is fine as the Takeshi-like young lead and the rest of the cast are as quirky as you'd expect from a Takeshi movie. The story is deliberately paced, without much in the way of dialogue, similar to Takeshi's better-known yakuza movies, but at the same time it engrosses with a carefully developing story and exemplary use of visual space.
Review of A Scene at the Sea
