Ride Your Wave
2019 · Movie · 95 min · ★ 7.6 · 79% critics
A surf-loving college student starts over in a small seaside town and finds her routine upended when a sudden apartment fire brings a brave firefighter into her life. As they grow closer, their new relationship helps her navigate change, community, and the pull of the ocean.
Also known as Riding a Wave with You
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Details
- Original title
- きみと、波にのれたら
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-06-21
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (372 votes)
- Box office
- $4,048,748
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a heartfelt, ocean-soaked romance with an uplifting tone and emotional moments, similar in spirit to A Silent Voice: The Movie; Not for you if you dislike tender, sentimental stories.
Pros: touching love story; fresh anime feel; strong emotional pull | Cons: familiar romance beats; metaphor-heavy moments
Themes
- surfing
- beach
- afterlife
- coming of age
- slice of life
- tragedy
- accidental death
- mourning
- firefighter
- shoujo
- anime
Awards & recognition
- Annecy Cristal — a Feature Film · 2019 · nominated
Cast & crew
Ryota Katayose
as Minato Hinageshi (voice)
Rina Kawaei
as Hinako Mukaizumi (voice)
Honoka Matsumoto
as Yoko Hinageshi (voice)
Kentaro Ito
as Wasabi Kawamura (voice)
Mami Horikoshi
as Hinako's Mother (voice)
You Taichi
as Junko (voice)
Mai Nishikawa
as Ai (voice)
Daiki Hamano
as Chiba Port Tower Public Address Announcer (voice)
Kenji Sugimura
as Leader (voice)
Kunihiro Kawamoto
as Commander (voice)
Directed by Masaaki Yuasa