The Wild Sea

{{short description|1969 film directed by Tokujirō Yamazaki}} {{Infobox film | name = The Wild Sea<ref name=afca/> | image = File:The Wild Sea poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Tokujirō Yamazaki | producer = | writer = | screenplay = {{plainlist|*Kei Hattori *Tetsuya Naoi }} | story = | based_on = | starring = {{plainlist|*[[Tetsuya Watari]] *[[Hideki Takahashi]] *[[Masako Izumi]] *[[Masakazu Tamura]] }} | music = [[Sei Ikeno]] | cinematography = Tomoki Kasuga | editing = Mitsuo Kondō | studio = Shinjyu Sha | distributor = [[Nikkatsu]] | released = {{Film date|1969|10|15|Japan}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://netatopi.jp/article/1270909.html|title=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」|publisher=Netatopi|language=ja|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> | runtime = 183 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jfdb.jp/title/7471|title=荒い海|publisher=Uni Japan|language=ja|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> | country = Japan | language = Japanese | budget = | gross = }} {{Nihongo|'''''The Wild Sea'''''|荒い海|Arai Umi|lead=yes}} is a 1969 [[Cinema of Japan|Japanese]] [[Seamanship|seafaring]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by Tokujirō Yamazaki.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=[[Kinema Junpo]] 1969年11月下旬号|date=March 1969|publisher=[[Kinema Junpo]] sha|location=Tokyo|page=68}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eigadb.com/p100106659|title=Tokujiro Yamazaki Profile|publisher=映画DB|language=ja|access-date=12 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rakusui.or.jp/information/2017/04/03180829|title=映画で描かれる海洋と捕鯨|publisher=Incorporated Association Rakusuikai|language=ja|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> Planning took five years,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinema.co.jp/m/title/detail?id=22885|title=映画荒い海|publisher=シネマクエスト|language=ja|access-date=12 December 2021}}</ref> while filming took place over a one year and two month period.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=[[Kinema Junpo]] 1969年10月上旬秋の特別号|date=March 1969|publisher=[[Kinema Junpo]] sha|location=Tokyo|pages=69–70}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laputa-jp.com/laputa/program/norimono/sakuhin3.html|title=のりもの映画荒い海|publisher=ラピュタ|language=ja|access-date=12 December 2021}}</ref>

==Plot== 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.<ref name=afca>{{cite web|url=https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=11213|title=荒い海|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs.|language=ja|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref>

==Cast== *Sources:<ref name=afca /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eiga.com/movie/70744/|title=荒い海|publisher=eiga.com|language=ja|access-date=12 December 2021}}</ref> * [[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

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0204144}} *[https://www.nikkatsu.com/movie/21176.html The Wild Sea] at Nikkatsu

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wild Sea}} [[Category:1969 films]] [[Category:Nikkatsu films]] [[Category:Japanese crime films]] [[Category:1969 Japanese-language films]] [[Category:Seafaring films]] [[Category:Sea adventure films]] [[Category:Films set on ships]] [[Category:1969 Japanese films]] [[Category:Films scored by Sei Ikeno]]