# Ride Your Wave (2019)

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**Original title**: *きみと、波にのれたら*
**Runtime**: 95 min
**Genres**: Animation, Romance, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Masaaki Yuasa
**Written by**: Reiko Yoshida
**Starring**: Ryota Katayose, Rina Kawaei, Honoka Matsumoto, Kentaro Ito, Mami Horikoshi, You Taichi

> *True love knows no boundaries.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Hinako’s surfboard is a metaphor with training wheels in this seaside romance. She tumbles into love when a firefighter carries her from flames. The wave that carries them forward eventually learns gravity.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender

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