{{short description|1968 film directed by Yasuzo Masumura}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox film | name = East China Sea<ref name=Japanese/> | image = File:Higashi Shinakai poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Tadahiki Isomi | writer = | screenplay = [[Shōhei Imamura]] | story = | based_on = | producer = Shōhei Imamura | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Masakazu Tamura]] * [[Tetsuya Watari]] * [[Ryōhei Uchida (actor)|Ryohei Uchida]] * [[Kanjūrō Arashi]] * [[Haruko Kato]] }} | cinematography = [[Shinsaku Himeda]] | editing = | music = [[Hajime Kaburagi]] | studio = | distributor = [[Nikkatsu]] | released = {{Film date|1968|10|5|Japan|1969|4||United States}}<ref name=Japanese>Stuart Galbraith, Japanese Filmography : A Complete Reference to 209 Filmmakers and the Over 1250 Films Released in the United States, 1900 Through 1994, Mcfarland, 1996, 509 p. (ISBN 9-780786-400324), p. 157</ref> | runtime = 105 minutes | country = Japan | language = Japanese | budget = | gross = }}
{{Nihongo|'''''Higashi Shinakai'''''<ref name=Japanese/>|東シナ海|lead=yes}}, also known as '''''East China Sea''''', is a 1968 [[Cinema of Japan|Japanese]] [[action film]] directed by [[Tadahiki Isomi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eigadb.com/p10097936|title=磯見忠彦 |publisher=映画db|access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sp.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=22523|title=東シナ海|publisher=[[Kinema Junpo]]|access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref><ref>日活アクションの華麗な世界：1954-1971 第十八章不死鳥から流れ星へ-爛熟期における渡哲也 p.476-509 {{ISBN|4624710878}}</ref>
The film was produced by [[Shouhei Imamura]]. He was also in charge of the screenplay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=10914|title=東シナ海|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] 映画情報システム|access-date=2 November 2019|archive-date=13 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813064706/https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=10914|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkatsu.com/movie/21091.html |title=東シナ海 |publisher=Nikkatsu|access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref> The lead star is [[Masakazu Tamura]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cinema.ne.jp/article/detail/46613|title=追悼 田村正和|date=May 20, 2021|accessdate=July 22, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jfdb.jp/title/7457|title=東シナ海|publisher=UNIJAPAN|access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://movie.jorudan.co.jp/cinema/14787/|title=東シナ海|publisher=j映画の時間 ジョルダン|access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref>
==Synopsis== Chiba Rokurō starts a part-time job on a fishing boat. But the ship has an engine failure in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the ship manages to arrive at Naha Port in Okinawa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eiga.com/movie/38971/|title=東シナ海|publisher=映画コム|access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref>
==Cast== * [[Masakazu Tamura]] as Chiba Rokurō * [[Tetsuya Watari]] as Tamashiro Naoyoshi * [[Ryōhei Uchida (actor)|Ryōhei Uchida]] as Katayama Kunigorō * [[Kanjūrō Arashi]] as Old Guy * [[Haruko Kato]] as Rokurō's mother * Yukie Kagawa as Tamaki Kana * Hitoshi Omae as Kamata Yasuo * [[Taiji Tonoyama]]
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0202902}}
[[Category:Nikkatsu films]] [[Category:Seafaring films]] [[Category:Sea adventure films]] [[Category:Films set on ships]] [[Category:1960s Japanese films]] [[Category:Films scored by Hajime Kaburagi]]
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