The Wild Sea

The Wild Sea (Japanese: 荒い海, Hepburn: Arai Umi) is a 1969 Japanese Seafaring film directed by Tokujirō Yamazaki.^[4][5][6] Planning took five years,^[7] and it was filmed under Director Yamazaki over a one year and two month period.^[8][9]

The Wild Sea[1]
Directed by	Tokujirō Yamazaki
Screenplay by	Kei Hattori, Tetsuya Naoi
Starring	Tetsuya Watari Hideki Takahashi Masako Izumi Masakazu Tamura
Cinematography	Tomoki Kasuga
Music by	Sei Ikeno
Production company	Shinjyu sha
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release date	October 15, 1969 (1969-10-15) (Japan) [2]
Running time	183 minutes[3]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

Source:^[1] 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.

Cast

• Source:^[1][10]
• 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