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Alone on the Pacific: Directed by Kon Ichikawa. With Yûjirô Ishihara, Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ruriko Asaoka. Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat.
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- Adventure
- Kon Ichikawa
- 1964-04-15
Alone Across The Pacific (1963) 太平洋ひとりぼっち - Movie Trailer - Far East Films. Starring: Yujiro Ishihara (石原裕次郎), Masayuki Mori (森雅之), Kinuyo Tanaka (田中絹代 ...
- 4 min
- 1745
- Far East Films
Yujiro Ishihara is a young yachtsman who impulsively decides to sail across the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco. On the way he encounters a ship with American passengers. He talks to them in broken English and realises that he does not have a passport.
Sep 10, 2012 · Discover the best of the city, first. Shot with Ichikawa's characteristically picturesque feel for the wide expanses of the 'Scope screen, this account of a yachtsman's solo trans-Pacific...
Jun 1, 2016 · Alone Across The Pacific (Taiheiyo hitori-botchi) (1963) Summary: Kon Ichikawa’s docudrama uses a real-life solo yacht journey from Japan to America to stage the shifting interplay between individual and society, East and West, in post-war Japan.
Feb 17, 2015 · Kenichi Horie (Ishihara) longs to leave the constraints of his homeland, planning to seek adventure by single-handedly crossing the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean to America. His plan has to be covertly operated as the Japanese government have banned any private crafts from leaving Osaka harbour.
Alone on the Pacific is based on the true story of Kenichi Horie, who as an adult fulfilled his childhood ambition of crossing the Pacific in a small, handmade vessel. Yuiro Ishihara stars as the erstwhile mariner, who sets out on his mission from Japan's Osaka Bay.
