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Japan
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ese Seafaring film directed by Tokujirō Yamazaki. Planning took five years, and it was filmed under Director Yamazaki over a one year and two month period.
Plot
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Yōji Kitami is a young man who stands at the crossroads of his life. One day, Yōji meets his childhood friend Katsuyuki Shinoda by chance and Yōji gets on a whaling boat at the recommendation of Katsuyuki.
Cast
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Tetsuya Watari
born (December 28, 1941 – August 10, 2020) was a Japanese film, stage, and television actor.
Life
He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. Watari belonged to the karate club at university. He made his screen debut in 1964, in Isamu Kosugi ...
as Yōji Kitami
* Hideki Takahashi
is a Japanese actor. Born in Kisarazu, Chiba near Tokyo, he attended Ichikawa Gakuen and later Nihon University.
Career
Takahashi made his debut with Nikkatsu and acted in youth-oriented films. Takahashi made film debut with ''Kōgenji'' directe ...
as Katsuyuki Shinoda
* Masako Izumi as Mitsuko
* Masakazu Tamura
was a Japanese film and theatre actor.
Profile
Masakazu Tamura was born 1 August 1943 in Kyoto, Japan to Japanese actor Tsumasaburō Bandō. Tsumasaburō Bandō died when Tamura was only nine years old. His brothers Takahiro and Ryō are also ...
as Ken Shimamura
* Tōru Yuri as Sugiyama
* Michiko Araki as Kiyo Kitami
* Noriko Honma
Noriko Honma (本間文子 ''Honma Noriko'') (29 November 1911 – 12 April 2009) was a Japanese actress whose film work occurred primarily during the 1950s. She was born in Hokkaido. She worked in many of Akira Kurosawa's films, first appearin ...
as Tome Kitami
* Shōbun Inoue
was a Japanese actor.
Inoue started his acting career at the Haiyuza Theatre Company. Later, he signed his contract with Nikkatsu film company.
Filmography Films
* ''Throne of Blood'' (1957) as Tsuzuki's messenger
* ''Sun in the Last Days of t ...
as Takei
* Akira Kubo as Kiyohara
* Kō Nishimura
was a Japanese actor who appeared in supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's ''The Bad Sleep Well'' and '' Yojimbo'', Kihachi Okamoto's ''Sword of Doom'', Yoshitaro Nomura's ''Zero Focus'', and Kon Ichikawa's '' The Burmese Harp'' ( ...
as Munakata
* Shoichi Kuwayama as Mankichi Toda
* Masao Shimizu
was a Japanese actor. His wife was actress Yumi Takano. His first starring role in the film was in ''Momoiro no Yuwaku'' in 1931. In 1947, he formed the Mingei Theatre Company. Shimizu often work with Akira Kurosawa. He appeared in more than 25 ...
as Sakaki
* Tomoo Nagai as Ogaki
* Sachiko Hidari
was a Japanese actress and film director.
Life
Hidari was born in Asahi, Toyama, as the eldest of 8 children. She graduated from Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education and gave her film debut in 1952 in ''Wakaki hi no ayamachi''. Betwee ...
as Takimura
References
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The Wild Sea at Nikkatsu
1969 films
Nikkatsu films
Japanese crime films
1960s Japanese-language films
Seafaring films
Sea adventure films
Films set on ships
1960s Japanese films
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