A Scene at the Sea (1991)
Directed by Takeshi Kitano · Cinematography by Katsumi Yanagijima
101 min57 frames
DramaRomanceComedy
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A Scene at the Sea — official trailer
What is A Scene at the Sea about?
A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend, he persists against all odds.
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What does the cinematography of A Scene at the Sea look like?
Sampled across 57 frames, the coverage of A Scene at the Sea leans on full-body frames (37% of the sample) and wide compositions (35%). Cinematographer Katsumi Yanagijima keeps 86% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 91% of the frames play in daylight. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 81% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1990s.
What is the color palette of A Scene at the Sea?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of A Scene at the Sea (1991) are #cfd0ce, #8f928f, #313230, #4f5352, #f3f1f0, #96a4aa — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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