---
title: 'Listen to the Voices of the Sea (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hideo Sekigawa'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/listen-to-the-voices-of-the-sea-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042639/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Listen to the Voices of the Sea (1950)

1950 · 109 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 日本戦歿学生の手記 きけ、わだつみの声

## Synopsis

Listen to the Voices of the Sea is a 1950 Japanese anti-war film directed by Hideo Sekigawa. It is based on the 1949 best-selling book Listen to the Voices from the Sea, a collection of letters by Japanese student soldiers killed in World War II. The first post-war Japanese film to feature battle scenes, it was a big success with domestic cinema audiences.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hideo Sekigawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-sekigawa)
- **Screenplay:** [Kazuo Funahashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuo-funahashi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Akira Ifukube](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-ifukube)

## Cast

- [Akitake Kōno](https://cinepixo.com/people/akitake-kono)
- [Yoichi Numata](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoichi-numata)
- [Yuriko Hanabusa](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuriko-hanabusa)
- [Haruko Sugimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/haruko-sugimura)
- [Hajime Izu](https://cinepixo.com/people/hajime-izu)
- [Yasumi Hara](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasumi-hara)
- [Kinzō Shin](https://cinepixo.com/people/kinzo-shin)
- [Kōichi Hayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/koichi-hayashi)
- [Toshio Takahara](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshio-takahara)
- [Tokue Hanasawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/tokue-hanasawa)
- [Shōzō Inagaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/shozo-inagaki)
- [Yoshio Ōmori](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshio-omori)
- [Yoshikazu Sugi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshikazu-sugi)
- [Asao Sano](https://cinepixo.com/people/asao-sano)

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