Alone Across the Pacific
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Directed by | Kon Ichikawa |
Produced by |
Ishihara Nikkatsu Akira Nakai (producer) |
Written by |
Kenichi Horie (story and book) Natto Wada (writer) |
Starring | Yujiro Ishihara |
Cinematography | Yoshihiro Yamazaki |
Edited by | Masanori Tsujii |
Release dates |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Alone Across the Pacific (太平洋ひとりぼっち Taiheiyo hitori-botchi) is a 1963 color (Eastmancolor) Japanese adventure film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
The film is based on the book Alone on the Pacific (USA title) (Kodoku) and 1962 first solo voyage across the Pacific by Kenichi Horie.
Plot
Yujiro Ishihara is a young yachtsman who impulsively decides to sail across the pacific to San Francisco. On the way he encounters a ship with American passengers. He talks to them in broken English and realises that he does not have a passport. On landing in San Francisco, he receives a hero's welcome, but is scolded by the Japanese consulate.
Cast
- Yujiro Ishihara as The Youth
- Masayuki Mori as Youth's Father
- Kinuyo Tanaka as Youth's Mother
- Ruriko Asaoka as Youth's Sister
- Hajime Hana as Youth's Friend
- Gannosuke Ashiya
- Kojiro Kusanagi
- Shirō Osaka
References
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Alone on the Pacific". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
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