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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Ocean Heaven'' is thematically almost identical to the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'' by Creator/KeyVisualArts, adapted to {{Anime}} by Creator/KyotoAnimation. Both are bitterswet tales with symbolic allusions to the ocean and sky, about the love between a parent and a child in their final summer together. In ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'', however, the child is a terminally ill girl who must find a way to rekindle her relationship with her emotionally distant and alcoholc stepmother.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Ocean Heaven'' is thematically almost identical to the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'' by Creator/KeyVisualArts, adapted to {{Anime}} by Creator/KyotoAnimation. Both are bitterswet bittersweet tales with symbolic allusions to the ocean and sky, about the love between a parent and a child in their final summer together. In ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'', however, the child is a terminally ill girl who must find a way to rekindle her relationship with her emotionally distant and alcoholc alcoholic stepmother.
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Jet Li plays Wang Xuechang, a single father of a mentally-disabled adult son Da-Fu. For all their poverty, they share a close and loving bond, strongest expressed by their frequent trips to the local aquarium, where Xuechang works as a technician.
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* FuneralCut: Old Wang, StrugglingSingleFather of the autistic protagonist Wang Da-fu, spends most of the movie battling a terminal disease until discovering he's not likely going to make it. Eventually Wang managed to reassure his son that he'll be with Da-fu, always, and realizing that Da-fu can be independent on his own; cut to the final scene where Da-fu is at Wang's grave and paying last respects to his father.
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* AdultFear: This film plays up on fear of living your offspring defenseless when you die, especially when he is autistic, also in another scene, accidentally killing your own child.
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* ForegoneConclusion: With a dose of [[RealityEnsues Reality Ensues.]] They did say terminal liver cancer.
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* ForegoneConclusion: With a dose of [[RealityEnsues Reality Ensues.]] Guess what is Wang's eventual fate before the credits start rolling? They did say terminal liver cancer.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Daddy may be gone, but daddy will always be watching you from the [[TitleDrop Ocean Heaven]]..."]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Daddy may be gone, but daddy will always be watching you from the [[TitleDrop Ocean Heaven]]..."]]
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retard is a fucking slur, asshats
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Jet Li plays Wang Xuechang, a single father of a mentally-retarded adult son Da-Fu. For all their poverty, they share a close and loving bond, strongest expressed by their frequent trips to the local aquarium, where Xuechang works as a technician.
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Jet Li plays Wang Xuechang, a single father of a mentally-retarded mentally-disabled adult son Da-Fu. For all their poverty, they share a close and loving bond, strongest expressed by their frequent trips to the local aquarium, where Xuechang works as a technician.
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* ManChild: Wang Xuechang's mentally retarded son Da-Fu
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* ManChild: Wang Xuechang's mentally retarded disabled son Da-Fu
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* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Played painfully straight ''in narrative''; there are plenty of services catering to homeless orphans and the elderly in China, but none-whatsoever for mentally-imparied adults.
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* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Played painfully straight ''in narrative''; there are plenty of services catering to homeless orphans and the elderly in China, but none-whatsoever for mentally-imparied mentally-impaired adults.
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Proudly touted by Martial Arts superstar JetLi as his first non-action movie, ''Ocean Heaven'' is a 2010 Chinese Drama.
JetLi plays Wang Xuechang, a single father of a mentally-retarded adult son Da-Fu. For all their poverty, they share a close and loving bond, strongest expressed by their frequent trips to the local aquarium, where Xuechang works as a technician.
JetLi plays Wang Xuechang, a single father of a mentally-retarded adult son Da-Fu. For all their poverty, they share a close and loving bond, strongest expressed by their frequent trips to the local aquarium, where Xuechang works as a technician.
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Proudly touted by Martial Arts superstar JetLi Creator/JetLi as his first non-action movie, ''Ocean Heaven'' is a 2010 Chinese Drama.
JetLi Jet Li plays Wang Xuechang, a single father of a mentally-retarded adult son Da-Fu. For all their poverty, they share a close and loving bond, strongest expressed by their frequent trips to the local aquarium, where Xuechang works as a technician.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Ocean Heaven'' is thematically almost identical to the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'' by Creator/KeyVisualArts, adapted to {{Anime}} by KyotoAnimation. Both are bitterswet tales with symbolic allusions to the ocean and sky, about the love between a parent and a child in their final summer together. In ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'', however, the child is a terminally ill girl who must find a way to rekindle her relationship with her emotionally distant and alcoholc stepmother.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Ocean Heaven'' is thematically almost identical to the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'' by Creator/KeyVisualArts, adapted to {{Anime}} by KyotoAnimation.Creator/KyotoAnimation. Both are bitterswet tales with symbolic allusions to the ocean and sky, about the love between a parent and a child in their final summer together. In ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'', however, the child is a terminally ill girl who must find a way to rekindle her relationship with her emotionally distant and alcoholc stepmother.
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moved to YMMV subpage as it's a subjective, Just For Fun wick
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* XMeetsY: A GenderFlipped ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'' meets ''RainMan'' starring JetLi.
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One day, the Xuechange is diagnosed with a terminal and inoperable liver cancer. Faced with the awful finality of leaving a man-child who cannot look after himself in a cruel and uncaring world, this is a story of love between a father and his son in his final summer.
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One day, the Xuechange is diagnosed with a terminal and inoperable liver cancer. Faced with the awful finality of leaving a man-child who cannot look after himself in a cruel and uncaring world, this is a story of love between a father and his son in his final summer.
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* Foreshadowing: We see Wang Xuechang's wife looking at the sea looking very depressed or maybe even crying. [[spoiler:Then Old Wang implies that he believes his wife's accident wasn't really an accident.]]
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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: We see Wang Xuechang's wife looking at the sea looking very depressed or maybe even crying. [[spoiler:Then Old Wang implies that he believes his wife's accident wasn't really an accident.]]
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* NoExportForYou: This wonderful, wonderful movie is painfully unlikely to be released in the U.S., as Hollywood believes that [[ViewersAreMorons "nobody" would want to see Jet Li in a heartwarming drama.]]
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* PlayingAgainstType: JetLi went to great lengths to emphasize that his is his first ''non'' action and martial arts movie, even going as far as to stop taglines like "Kung-Fu Superstar Jet Li's first drama'' in the promotions, even if it will draw audiences.
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* Reincarnation: Wang Xuechang tells his son that after his death he would become a sea turtle who would be near him whenever he swims.
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* Reincarnation: {{Reincarnation}}: Wang Xuechang tells his son that after his death he would become a sea turtle who would be near him whenever he swims.
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* {{Tearjerker}}: Bring kleenex if you have a soul.
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!! Tropes Pertaining to ''Ocean Heaven''
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!!This film provides examples of:
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** Narrowly averted with Wang Xuechang and Da-Fu in the introduction. We see him tying a weight on his and Da-Fu's ankles and then taking a plunge.
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** Narrowly averted Averted with Wang Xuechang and Da-Fu in the introduction. We see him tying a weight on his and Da-Fu's ankles and then taking a plunge.
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* OffingTheOffspring: Narrowly averted AccidentalMurder sort.
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* OffingTheOffspring: Narrowly averted Averted AccidentalMurder sort.
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* ButNowIMustGo: Ling-ling leaves Da-Fu since she works in a traveling circus. She calls time to time.
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* ButNowIMustGo: Ling-ling leaves Da-Fu since she works in a traveling circus. She calls from time to time.
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Proudly touted by Martial Arts superstar JetLi as his first non-action movie, ''Ocean Heaven'' is a 2010 Chinese Drama.
JetLi plays Wang Xuechang, a single father of a mentally-retarded adult son Da-Fu. For all their poverty, they share a close and loving bond, strongest expressed by their frequent trips to the local aquarium, where Xuechang works as a technician.
One day, the Xuechange is diagnosed with a terminal and inoperable liver cancer. Faced with the awful finality of leaving a man-child who cannot look after himself in a cruel and uncaring world, this is a story of love between a father and his son in his final summer.
!! Tropes Pertaining to ''Ocean Heaven''
* AdultFear: This film plays up on fear of living your offspring defenseless when you die, especially when he is autistic, also in another scene, accidentally killing your own child.
* AlwaysWithYou: As a turtle!
* AnimalMotifs: Wang Xuechang represents himself as a turtle and discusses it.
* BenevolentBoss: Director Tang could be a patron saint because of this film. Let us count the ways: He allows Da-Fu to swim in the aquarium when the aquarium is closed. He offers to take care of Da-Fu after Wang Xuechang's death. He even allows Wang Xuechang to swim with his son on the last stages of his cancer even if it is risky for Wang Xuechang because he wanted to have one last swim with his son and also gives said son a job in the aquarium.
* ButNowIMustGo: Ling-ling leaves Da-Fu since she works in a traveling circus. She calls time to time.
* DrivenToSuicide: Wang Xuechang speculates that his wife may have done this after learning Da-Fu was autistic since she was a good swimmer and her accident was in an ocean.
** Narrowly averted with Wang Xuechang and Da-Fu in the introduction. We see him tying a weight on his and Da-Fu's ankles and then taking a plunge.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Given what you hear from Old Wang, you'd think his wife and Da-Fu's mother is a saint. [[spoiler: Subverted in that she committed suicide upon learning Da-Fu's disability.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: With a dose of [[RealityEnsues Reality Ensues.]] They did say terminal liver cancer.
* Foreshadowing: We see Wang Xuechang's wife looking at the sea looking very depressed or maybe even crying. [[spoiler:Then Old Wang implies that he believes his wife's accident wasn't really an accident.]]
* FriendlyPlayfulDolphin: and Purpoises, seals and turtles. Da-Fu apparently has a lot of marine friends.
* ManChild: Wang Xuechang's mentally retarded son Da-Fu
* MissingMom: Old Wang's wife has been dead 14 years since the story began due to an accident in the ocean. [[spoiler: Or was it really an accident?]]
* MercyKill: Wang Xuechang tried to do this with his son as a double suicide but changed his mind.
* NoExportForYou: This wonderful, wonderful movie is painfully unlikely to be released in the U.S., as Hollywood believes that [[ViewersAreMorons "nobody" would want to see Jet Li in a heartwarming drama.]]
* OffingTheOffspring: Narrowly averted AccidentalMurder sort.
* PlayingAgainstType: JetLi went to great lengths to emphasize that his is his first ''non'' action and martial arts movie, even going as far as to stop taglines like "Kung-Fu Superstar Jet Li's first drama'' in the promotions, even if it will draw audiences.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Played painfully straight ''in narrative''; there are plenty of services catering to homeless orphans and the elderly in China, but none-whatsoever for mentally-imparied adults.
* [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy Someone To Remember Her By]]: Old Wang sees his wife in Da-Fu because Da-Fu got his good swimming skills from her.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Wang Xuechang does not believe his wife's death is accidental.]]
* Reincarnation: Wang Xuechang tells his son that after his death he would become a sea turtle who would be near him whenever he swims.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Madam Chai implies that she is in love with Wang Xuechang.
* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Ocean Heaven'' is thematically almost identical to the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'' by Creator/KeyVisualArts, adapted to {{Anime}} by KyotoAnimation. Both are bitterswet tales with symbolic allusions to the ocean and sky, about the love between a parent and a child in their final summer together. In ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'', however, the child is a terminally ill girl who must find a way to rekindle her relationship with her emotionally distant and alcoholc stepmother.
* {{Tearjerker}}: Bring kleenex if you have a soul.
* XMeetsY: A GenderFlipped ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'' meets ''RainMan'' starring JetLi.
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JetLi plays Wang Xuechang, a single father of a mentally-retarded adult son Da-Fu. For all their poverty, they share a close and loving bond, strongest expressed by their frequent trips to the local aquarium, where Xuechang works as a technician.
One day, the Xuechange is diagnosed with a terminal and inoperable liver cancer. Faced with the awful finality of leaving a man-child who cannot look after himself in a cruel and uncaring world, this is a story of love between a father and his son in his final summer.
!! Tropes Pertaining to ''Ocean Heaven''
* AdultFear: This film plays up on fear of living your offspring defenseless when you die, especially when he is autistic, also in another scene, accidentally killing your own child.
* AlwaysWithYou: As a turtle!
* AnimalMotifs: Wang Xuechang represents himself as a turtle and discusses it.
* BenevolentBoss: Director Tang could be a patron saint because of this film. Let us count the ways: He allows Da-Fu to swim in the aquarium when the aquarium is closed. He offers to take care of Da-Fu after Wang Xuechang's death. He even allows Wang Xuechang to swim with his son on the last stages of his cancer even if it is risky for Wang Xuechang because he wanted to have one last swim with his son and also gives said son a job in the aquarium.
* ButNowIMustGo: Ling-ling leaves Da-Fu since she works in a traveling circus. She calls time to time.
* DrivenToSuicide: Wang Xuechang speculates that his wife may have done this after learning Da-Fu was autistic since she was a good swimmer and her accident was in an ocean.
** Narrowly averted with Wang Xuechang and Da-Fu in the introduction. We see him tying a weight on his and Da-Fu's ankles and then taking a plunge.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Given what you hear from Old Wang, you'd think his wife and Da-Fu's mother is a saint. [[spoiler: Subverted in that she committed suicide upon learning Da-Fu's disability.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: With a dose of [[RealityEnsues Reality Ensues.]] They did say terminal liver cancer.
* Foreshadowing: We see Wang Xuechang's wife looking at the sea looking very depressed or maybe even crying. [[spoiler:Then Old Wang implies that he believes his wife's accident wasn't really an accident.]]
* FriendlyPlayfulDolphin: and Purpoises, seals and turtles. Da-Fu apparently has a lot of marine friends.
* ManChild: Wang Xuechang's mentally retarded son Da-Fu
* MissingMom: Old Wang's wife has been dead 14 years since the story began due to an accident in the ocean. [[spoiler: Or was it really an accident?]]
* MercyKill: Wang Xuechang tried to do this with his son as a double suicide but changed his mind.
* NoExportForYou: This wonderful, wonderful movie is painfully unlikely to be released in the U.S., as Hollywood believes that [[ViewersAreMorons "nobody" would want to see Jet Li in a heartwarming drama.]]
* OffingTheOffspring: Narrowly averted AccidentalMurder sort.
* PlayingAgainstType: JetLi went to great lengths to emphasize that his is his first ''non'' action and martial arts movie, even going as far as to stop taglines like "Kung-Fu Superstar Jet Li's first drama'' in the promotions, even if it will draw audiences.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Played painfully straight ''in narrative''; there are plenty of services catering to homeless orphans and the elderly in China, but none-whatsoever for mentally-imparied adults.
* [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy Someone To Remember Her By]]: Old Wang sees his wife in Da-Fu because Da-Fu got his good swimming skills from her.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Wang Xuechang does not believe his wife's death is accidental.]]
* Reincarnation: Wang Xuechang tells his son that after his death he would become a sea turtle who would be near him whenever he swims.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Madam Chai implies that she is in love with Wang Xuechang.
* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Ocean Heaven'' is thematically almost identical to the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'' by Creator/KeyVisualArts, adapted to {{Anime}} by KyotoAnimation. Both are bitterswet tales with symbolic allusions to the ocean and sky, about the love between a parent and a child in their final summer together. In ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'', however, the child is a terminally ill girl who must find a way to rekindle her relationship with her emotionally distant and alcoholc stepmother.
* {{Tearjerker}}: Bring kleenex if you have a soul.
* XMeetsY: A GenderFlipped ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'' meets ''RainMan'' starring JetLi.
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