If you want to read my review of One Day, You Will Reach The Sea, read this post. In やがて海へと届く, Mana Kotani deeply admired her best friend, Sumire Utsuki, and can’t accept losing her to a natural catastrophe that hit northern Japan.
Mana Kotani (Yukino Kishii) works at a luxury restaurant and studied literature. Since the freshman year, she has been in love with the mysterious, profound and, at the same time, relaxed way that her best friend lives her life.
“I wish I was able to talk to people as easily as you, Sumire.”
Sumire Utsuki (Minami Hamabe) loved to walk, felt no problem getting lost and enjoyed solitude for the autonomy of living at her own pace. When they first met, she helped Mana fend off some invasive college seniors.
“Sorry. I’ve been dating her since middle school. Come on, Mana, idiocy is contagious.”
Sumire fought with her mother, left home and went to live with Mana. After more than a year of strengthening the bonds of love and friendship built in college, Sumire decided to leave. Unfortunately, where she went, a tsunami swept through the region leaving 2,500 missing and 20,000 dead. Now, Mana can’t get over the idea that one of the victims is her friend.
One Day, You Will Reach The Sea: japanese movie review
When Sumire needed a place to stay, Mana welcomed her best friend and was equally hurt when she decided to leave. From the first day of college they got along very well and a mutual admiration arose. So why would Sumire want to change that?
“I’m about to say farewell to the place I’ve stayed at for more than a year.”
Mana had long-term plans. However, she was afraid to do what was necessary to fulfill them. As for Sumire, she didn’t plan. She lived in the moment, and for some of the time, living together with Mana was her goal. However, if something changed, she wasn’t afraid to change with it.
The truth is that Sumire loved Mana too. But, they were opposite sides of the same coin. Where Sumire, despite feeling as scared as Mana, looked at things differently.
“If I travel by myself, I can go at my own pace. So, I don’t mind.”
Mana admired Sumire’s manner. But, she was afraid to be like her friend. What Sumire understood is that, if Mana tried, she might end up meeting someone who would bring out who she really was while spending time together.
What Sumire didn’t understand was that Mana already had this person in her life, her best friend.
“I think I have such a person already.”
It was because of Sumire’s positive influence in her life that Mana was devastated. Unable to accept reality. The restaurant manager also passed away and they were great friends. With that, she was disgusted with Sumire’s ex-boyfriend, Tono Atsushi (Yosuke Sugino), and the new manager, because they both moved on with their lives.
With so many upsetting events happening to Mana, the only thing she could do was to pluck up the courage and travel to the disaster region and investigate if Sumire was seen there before the wave arrived and, also, it was a last desperate attempt to get to know more about the mysterious friend she loved so much and why she didn’t come home.
Reviewing One Day, You Will Reach The Sea: tsunami victims
It was very sad to watch the realistic reports of people who survived the tsunami telling how the event was, what they were doing, who they were with and who they lost.
It’s scary to think that, in a well-structured place, more than 2,500 people are still missing for more than a decade and that in several other places on the planet these numbers could be even higher.
There are people who no longer want to live near the sea. Even though they were born and lived there until the event, to the point that the sounds of the ocean were imprinted in their minds.
Why you should watch One Day, You Will Reach The Sea
I won’t leave One Day, You Will Reach The Sea ending explained or a download link here, but this Japanese film teaches us, in a very bitter way, that if the people we love lose their lives, life will go on. Just as we must go on living, even if we are helpless.
Because the only possible way for us to keep alive the memory of those we lost is to keep living. For us and for them. And, if possible, that we live a little as they lived. Because they are the ones we love and it’s their absence that we cry.
One Day, You Will Reach The Sea trailer
I really feel that you will like this one. So I decided to do this Yagate Umi e to Todoku review. Go ahead, immerse yourself in the story, the environment and the soundtrack.
And come back later to tell me what you think in the comments. This Japanese film is a beautiful tribute to the victims of the Tsunami that hit northern Japan in 2011.
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