The Sea and Poison (film)
| The Sea and Poison | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kei Kumai |
| Based on | The Sea and Poison by Shusaku Endo |
| Starring | Eiji Okuda Ken Watanabe |
Release date |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Sea and Poison (海と毒薬, Umi to Dokuyaku) is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Kei Kumai and based on a novel of the same name by Shusaku Endo.[1] It tells the true story of downed American pilots in World War II who are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in medical experiments at Unit 731.
The film has never been released on home video outside of Japan and has never been released with an English translation.[2] Unofficial translations exist online[3] and can be legally watched with an original Japanese DVD using computer software that allows custom subtitles.
Cast
[edit]- Eiji Okuda as Suguro
- Ken Watanabe as Toda
- Takahiro Tamura as Professor Hashimoto
- Kyōko Kishida as Ohba, Head Nurse
- Mikio Narita as Shibata
- Shigeru Kōyama as Gondo
- Toshie Negishi as Ueda, Nurse
- Ken Nishida as Asai
- Masumi Okada as Hattori
- Noriko Sengoku as Old woman
- Kazunaga Tsuji as Murai
- Masane Tsukayama as Miyasaka
Awards
[edit]37th Berlin International Film Festival[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "映画監督の熊井啓氏が死去". Fuji Sankei Shinbun. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "YESASIA: Umi to Dokuyaku (Japan Version) DVD - Negishi Kie, Tamura Takahiro, Geneon Universal Entertainment - Japan Movies & Videos - Free Shipping - North America Site".
- ^ "The Sea and Poison subtitles English". www.opensubtitles.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1987 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ "Japan-movie" 41 1986年 (in Japanese). japan-movie.net. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
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- 1986 films
- 1986 drama films
- 1980s Japanese-language films
- Japanese black-and-white films
- Films based on Japanese novels
- Films based on works by Shūsaku Endō
- Pacific War films
- Japanese war drama films
- Films about Japanese war crimes
- Films directed by Kei Kumai
- Best Film Kinema Junpo Award winners
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winners
- Japanese World War II films
- 1980s Japanese films
- Films scored by Teizo Matsumura
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