The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
The Sound of Waves
When
Wed 29 Apr 2026
This first and most expansive entry in Hamaguchi and Sakai’s four-part series on the 2011 Tohoku earthquake presents firsthand accounts from survivors while exploring how tsunamis have helped form the region’s cultural fabric.
Marking a turning point in Hamaguchi’s understanding of the camera’s relationship to its subjects, this documentary cycle was partly made in reaction to Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter – released in Japan in the days after the earthquake – with the director reflecting that “my goal was to place a camera in the middle of a tsunami in a way that was different”.
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