The Wild Sea

The Wild Sea[1]
Directed by	Tokujirō Yamazaki
Screenplay by	Kei Hattori, Tetsuya Naoi
Starring	Tetsuya Watari Hideki Takahashi Masako Izumi Masakazu Tamura
Cinematography	Tomoki Kasuga
Music by	Sei Ikeno
Production company	Shinjyu sha
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release date	October 15, 1969 (1969-10-15) (Japan) [2]
Running time	183 minutes[3]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Wild Sea (Japanese: 荒い海, Hepburn: Arai Umi) is a 1969 Japanese Seafaring film directed by Tokujirō Yamazaki.^[4][5][6] Planning took five years,^[7] and it was filmed under Director Yamazaki over a one year and two month period.^[8][9]

Plot

Source:^[1] 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

• Source:^[1][10]
• Tetsuya Watari as Yōji Kitami
• Hideki Takahashi as Katsuyuki Shinoda
• Masako Izumi as Mitsuko
• Masakazu Tamura as Ken Shimamura
• Tōru Yuri as Sugiyama
• Michiko Araki as Kiyo Kitami
• Noriko Honma as Tome Kitami
• Shōbun Inoue as Takei
• Akira Kubo as Kiyohara
• Kō Nishimura as Munakata
• Shoichi Kuwayama as Mankichi Toda
• Masao Shimizu as Sakaki
• Tomoo Nagai as Ogaki
• Sachiko Hidari as Takimura

References

1. "荒い海" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
2. "渡哲也さん(79)が肺炎のため死去 故人の意向によりお別れ会・偲ぶ会などは執り行なわず「お心の中にて故人への祈りを捧げて」" (in Japanese). Netatopi. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
3. "荒い海" (in Japanese). Uni Japan. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
4. "Kinema Junpo 1969年11月下旬号". Tokyo: Kinema Junpo sha. March 1969. p. 68. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
5. "Tokujiro Yamazaki Profile" (in Japanese). 映画DB. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
6. "映画で描かれる海洋と捕鯨" (in Japanese). Incorporated Association Rakusuikai. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
7. "映画 荒い海" (in Japanese). シネマクエスト. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
8. "Kinema Junpo 1969年10月上旬秋の特別号". Tokyo: Kinema Junpo sha. March 1969. pp. 69–70. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
9. "のりもの映画 荒い海" (in Japanese). ラピュタ. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
10. "荒い海" (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

External links

• The Wild Sea at Nikkatsu