The Sea and Poison (film)

is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Kei Kumai and based on a novel of the same name by Shusaku Endo. 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 film has never been released on home video outside of Japan and has never been released with an English translation. Unofficial translations exist online 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

as Murai

Masane Tsukayama as Miyasaka

Awards

37th Berlin International Film Festival

Jury Grand Prix

41st Mainichi Film Award

Best Film

References

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1986 films

1986 drama films

1980s Japanese-language films

Japanese black-and-white films

Films based on Japanese novels

Films based on works by Shūsaku Endō

Pacific War films

Japanese war drama films

Films about Japanese war crimes

Films directed by Kei Kumai

Best Film Kinema Junpo Award winners

Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winners

Japanese World War II films

1980s Japanese films