The Sea and Poison

The Sea and Poison
The Sea and Poison
Directed by	Kei Kumai
Based on	The Sea and Poison; by Shusaku Endo
Starring	Eiji Okuda; Ken Watanabe
Release date	October 17, 1986;
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Sea and Poison (海と毒薬, Umi to Dokuyaku) is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Kei Kumai and based on a novel by Shusaku Endo.^[1] It tells the true story of downed American pilots in World War II who are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in medical experiments.

The film has never been released on home video outside of Japan and has never been released with an English translation.^[2] Unofficial translations exist online^[3] and can be legally watched with an original Japanese DVD using computer software that allows custom subtitles.

Cast[]

Eiji Okuda as Suguro
Ken Watanabe as Toda
Takahiro Tamura as Professor Hashimoto
Kyōko Kishida as Ohba, Head Nurse
Mikio Narita as Shibata
Shigeru Kōyama as Gondo
Toshie Negishi as Ueda, Nurse
Ken Nishida as Asai
Masumi Okada as Hattori
Noriko Sengoku as Old woman
Kazunaga Tsuji as Murai
Masane Tsukayama as Miyasaka

Awards[]

37th Berlin International Film Festival^[4]

Jury Grand Prix

41st Mainichi Film Award^[5]

Best Film

References[]

^ "映画監督の熊井啓氏が死去". Fuji Sankei Shinbun. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
^ "YESASIA: Umi to Dokuyaku (Japan Version) DVD - Negishi Kie, Tamura Takahiro, Geneon Universal Entertainment - Japan Movies & Videos - Free Shipping - North America Site".
^ "The Sea and Poison subtitles English". www.opensubtitles.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ "Berlinale: 1987 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
^ 41 1986年 (in Japanese). japan-movie.net. Retrieved 15 December 2010.

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[1] "映画監督の熊井啓氏が死去". Fuji Sankei Shinbun. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

[2] "YESASIA: Umi to Dokuyaku (Japan Version) DVD - Negishi Kie, Tamura Takahiro, Geneon Universal Entertainment - Japan Movies & Videos - Free Shipping - North America Site".

[3] "The Sea and Poison subtitles English". www.opensubtitles.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[Berlinale-4] "Berlinale: 1987 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 3 March 2011.

[5] 41 1986年 (in Japanese). japan-movie.net. Retrieved 15 December 2010.

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