The Lost World of Sinbad
| The Lost World of Sinbad | |
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| Directed by | Senkichi Taniguchi |
| Screenplay by | |
| Story by | [1] |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Takao Saito[1] |
| Edited by | Yoshitami Kuroiwa[1] |
| Music by | Masaru Sato[1] |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 96 minutes[2] |
| Country | Japan |
The Lost World of Sinbad (大盗賊, Daitōzoku, lit. The Great Thief) is a 1963 Japanese drama action film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi and starring Toshiro Mifune and Mie Hama.[3][4]
The film is often confused with the theme of fantasy instead of tokusatsu but, the book Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia specifically identifies it in the genre of tokusatsu fantasy.[citation needed] It was also released as Samurai Pirate in the United States.
Cast[]
- Toshiro Mifune as Sukezaemon Naya
- Makoto Sato as the Black Pirate
- as Ming, the Prince of Thailand
- Ichiro Arishima as Sennin the Wizard
- Mie Hama as Princess Yaya
- Kumi Mizuno as Miwa
- Akiko Wakabayashi as Yaya's maid
Production[]
The film was based on a screenplay by Takeshi Kimura and Shinichi Sekizawa which was based on a treatment by .[2]
Release[]
The Lost World of Sinbad was distributed theatrically in Japan by Toho on October 26, 1963.[2] The film was Toho's third highest-grossing film in Japan in 1963 and the 10th highest grossing domestically.[2]
The film was distributed by American International Pictures in the United States with an English-language version, where it was re-titled Samurai Pirate, and then again re-titled The Lost World of Sinbad.[1] The film was released as a double feature in the United States with War of the Zombies on March 17, 1965.[1][2] It was released in the United Kingdom in 1976.[1]
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References[]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Galbraith IV 1994, p. 363.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Galbraith IV 2008, p. 205.
- ^ "大盗賊". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ The Lost World at Sinbad at Time Out
Sources[]
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-853-7.
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
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- Films with screenplays by Shinichi Sekizawa
- Japanese films
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