The Sea and Poison

The Sea and Poison
Directed by	Kei Kumai
Based on	The Sea and Poison by Shusaku Endo
Starring	Eiji Okuda Ken Watanabe
Release date(s)	October 17, 1986 (1986-10-17)
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 by Shusaku Endo.

Cast

Eiji Okuda as Suguro
Ken Watanabe as Toda
Takahiro Tamura as Professor Hashimoto
Kyôko Kishida as Ohba, Head Nurse
Mikio Narita as Shibata
Shigeru Kôyama 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

37th Berlin International Film Festival^[1]

Jury Grand Prix

41st Mainichi Film Award^[2]

Best Film

References

^ "Berlinale: 1987 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1987/03_preistr_ger_1987/03_Preistraeger_1987.html. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
^ "41　1986年" (in Japanese). japan-movie.net. http://www.japan-movie.net/about/history41.html. Retrieved 2010-12-15.

Films directed by Kei Kumai

The Sands of Kurobe (1968) Apart from Life (1970) Shinobu Kawa (1972) Rise, Fair Sun (1973) Sandakan No. 8 (1974) Nihon no Atsui Hibi Bōsatsu: Shimoyama Jiken (1981) The Sea and Poison (1986) Luminous Moss (1992) Deep River (1995)

Mainichi Film Award for Best Film

1946–1959	Aru yo no Tonosama (1946) · Ima Hitotabi no (1947) · Drunken Angel (1948) · Late Spring (1949) · Until We Meet Again (1950) · Repast (1951) · Ikiru (1952) · An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) · Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) · Floating Clouds (1955) · Mahiru no ankoku (1956) · The Rice People (1957) · The Ballad of Narayama (1958) · Kiku to Isamu (1959)

1960–1979	Her Brother (1960) · A Soldier's Prayer (1961) · Harakiri (1962) · High and Low (1963) · Woman in the Dunes (1964) · Red Beard (1965) · Shiroi Kyotō (1966) · Samurai Rebellion (1967) · The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968) · Double Suicide (1969) · Kazoku (1970) · Silence (1971) · Shinobu Kawa (1972) · Tsugaru Folk Song (1973) · Castle of Sand (1974) · The Fossil (1975) · Fumō Chitai (1976) · The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) · The Incident (1978) · Ah! Nomugi Toge (1979)

1980–2009	Kagemusha (1980) · Muddy River (1981) · Fall Guy (1982) · Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) · W's Tragedy (1984) · Ran (1985) · The Sea and Poison (1986) · A Taxing Woman (1987) · My Neighbor Totoro (1988) · Black Rain (1989) · Childhood Days (1990) · My Sons (1991) · Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) · All Under the Moon (1993) · A Dedicated Life (1994) · A Last Note (1995) · Shall We Dance? (1996) · Princess Mononoke (1997) · Begging for Love (1998) · Poppoya (1999) · Face (2000) · Spirited Away (2001) · The Twilight Samurai (2002) · Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) · Blood and Bones (2004) · Break Through! (2005) · Sway (2006) · I Just Didn't Do It (2007) · Departures (2008) · Shizumanu Taiyō (2009) · Villain (2010)