The Sea and Poison (film)

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 of the same name 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 at Unit 731.

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 (1986-10-17)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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 [ja] as Murai
• Masane Tsukayama as Miyasaka

Awards

37th Berlin International Film Festival^[4]

• Jury Grand Prix

41st Mainichi Film Award^[5]

• Best Film