Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender | |
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Directed by | Shūe Matsubayashi |
Written by | Takeshi Kimura |
Produced by | , Toho |
Cinematography | |
Edited by | Yoshitami Kuroiwa |
Music by | Ikuma Dan |
Distributed by | Toho |
Release date | 1959 (Japan) |
Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender (潜水艦イ-57降伏せず, Sensuikan I-57 kofuku sezu) is a 1959 Japanese war film directed by Shūe Matsubayashi,[1] with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.[2]
Plot[]
[3] During World War II, the commanding officer of a sub reluctantly takes on board two Western diplomats to take them to the Canaries and arrange an armistice. When they get there, peace has been declared, but the sub's crew do not know that since its radio has failed. It sends its passengers ashore to go out to face a final battle.
Cast[]
See also[]
- Imperial Japanese Navy submarines
- B3 type submarine
References[]
- ^ "潜水艦イ-57降伏せず". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ 『日本特撮・幻想映画全集』 勁文社、1997、p.96 ISBN 4766927060
- ^ "潜水艦イ-57降伏せず". Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- Ragone, August (2007, 2014) Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-0-8118-6078-9.
External links[]
Categories:
- Japanese-language films
- 1959 films
- Films directed by Shūe Matsubayashi
- Japanese films
- Japanese war films
- World War II submarine films
- Japanese World War II films
- 1950s Japanese film stubs
- World War II film stubs