Part of the 2026 season: Knowing Me, Knowing You
Silence of the Sea
Umi no chinmoku, 海の沈黙
Director WAKAMATSU Setsuro
Cast MOTOKI Masahiro, KOIZUMI Kyoko, ISHIZAKA Koji
2024, 112 min, English subtitles
World-renowned artist TAMURA Shuzo (ISHIZAKA Koji) celebrates his career with a major exhibition. When one of his works is exposed as a forgery, it throws the strictly codified art world of high-society into chaos.
As the media frenzy grows, the body of a mysterious tattooed woman is discovered in Hokkaido. The investigation uncovers a link between the two incidents in the shape of TSUYAMA Ryuji (MOTOKI Masahiro), once hailed as a prodigy and Shuzo’s rival, who vanished in disgrace years earlier.
Anna (KOIZUMI Kyoko), formerly Ryuji’s lover and now Shuzo’s wife, travels to Hokkaido and reunites with the man she thought she had lost forever. However, Ryuji seems to be deeply involved in murky artistic activities…
A collaboration between veteran film director WAKAMATSU Setsuro and acclaimed screenwriter KURAMOTO So, this film captivates with stunning cinematography while posing profound questions about who determines the value of beauty and what we ultimately seek at the end of our lives. MOTOKI Masahiro’s portrayal of the solitary genius painter, who devotes his heart and soul to the pursuit of true beauty, is nothing short of extraordinary. An all-cast production.
Contains strong language and references to suicide
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Past screenings
- Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Saturday 7 February, 20:40
- QUAD Sunday 22 February, 12:15
- Chichester Cinema Monday 2 March, 18:00
- Plymouth Arts Cinema Thursday 5 March, 18:00
- Firstsite Saturday 14 March, 14:00
- Jesus College / Panorama Sunday 22 March, 16:00
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I Am What I Am
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Sham
She Taught Me Serendipity
Silence of the Sea
Strangers in Kyoto
Teki Cometh
The Final Piece
The Hotel of My Dream
The Last Blossom
The Man Who Failed to Die
The Real You
Ura Aka: L'Aventure
What Should We Have Done?



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