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The Cruel Sea

05/25/1944

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1hr 28min

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Action

,War

,Drama

,History

STORY

It is 1921 and a town has a newspaper which prints urgent bulletins as required. The Washington-based CITES treaty, in which Japan participates, puts a limit on the number of warships any country can possess. As a result, Japan has to decommission a ship to its makers' disappointment. An institute of technology's laboratory designs a new ship. Due to less ships, sailors have to retire and are also disappointed. The laboratory's manager and an admiral are visiting a patient at a hospital and meet coincidentally. The former has a daughter who worries about her father's workload. She asks him to accompany her to a concert. Father has little time, but is convinced for her sake. He is inspired for a ship's design at the performance. The film is inspired by the life of Jo Hiraga.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Denjirō Ōkōchi
  • Setsuko Hara
  • Seizaburō Kawazu
  • Hisako Yamane
  • Ichirō Tsukida

    Director

  • Tadashi Imai

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • TOHO

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Setsuko Hara

Seizaburō Kawazu

Hisako Yamane

Ichirō Tsukida

Chieko Murata