Ocean Waves (1993)

Name: Ocean Waves
Released: 1993

At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...

Genres: Animation, Drama, Romance, TV Movie

What to watch after Ocean Waves

Tales from Earthsea (2006) — Keiko Niwa wrote for both
From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) — Keiko Niwa wrote for both
Pom Poko (1994)
Only Yesterday (1991) — Same feel: reflective, melancholy
Japanese Story (2003)
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004) — Same subject: ambiguous