Invisible Waves () is a
2006 crime film by
Thai director
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, with screenplay by
Prabda Yoon, cinematography by
Christopher Doyle, and starring
Tadanobu Asano – all people that Pen-Ek had worked with on his previous film,
Last Life in the Universe. It had its world premiere at the
Berlin Film Festival and was also shown at the
2006 Bangkok International Film Festival and the 2006
Toronto International Film Festival.News release, 2006. ,
Toronto International Film Festival (retrieved August 18, 2006).
Plot
Kyoji is a cook living in
Macau. He works for a
Thai restaurant in
Hong Kong and has been having an affair with Seiko, the wife of his boss, Wiwat, who orders Kyoji to poison her. After the deed is done, Kyoji is ordered to leave Hong Kong. He consults with the mysterious Monk, who gives him money and advice to contact Lizard. Kyoji then boards a
cruise ship, and is given a small, dreary cabin belowdecks, where nothing seems to work properly. In trying to find his way back topside, he gets lost. Finally, up on deck, he meets Noi. Noi has a baby named Nid, whom Kyoji finds hanging on the deck rail in a harness, where Noi left the child while she was swimming. Eventually, the ship reaches its destination,
Phuket,
Thailand, where real life-or-death adventures begin for Kyoji as he starts to put the pieces together about what he's done.
Cast
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