Glassy Ocean
Nov 14 1998
•0h 23m
•Animation, Fantasy
On what apparently is a parallel world, time flows in a much slower pace than normal. The ocean remains on a solid state of matter as the eccentric individuals who inhabit this land casually wander over it.
Cast
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Eric Jacobsen
Ocean Floor Man
Hiroyuki Aoki
Alcoholic Philosopher
Ichiro Nagai
Old Man
Kento Ogasawara
Boy
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