Higashi Shinakai Explained

East China Sea
Director:	Tadahiki Isomi
Screenplay:	Shouhei Imamura
Producer:	Shouhei Imamura
Cinematography:	Shinsaku Himeda
Music:	Hajime Kaburagi
Distributor:	Nikkatsu
Released:	, April 1969 in US^[1]
Runtime:	105 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1968 Japanese action film directed by Tadahiki Isomi.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The film was produced by Shouhei Imamura. He was also in charge of the screenplay.^{[5] [6]} The lead star is Masakazu Tamura.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Synopsis

Chiba Rokurō starts a part-time job on a fishing boat. But the ship has an engine failure in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the ship manages to arrive at Naha Port in Okinawa.^[10]

Cast

• Masakazu Tamura as Chiba Rokurō
• Tetsuya Watari as Tamashiro Naoyoshi
• Ryōhei Uchida as Katayama Kunigorō
• Kanjūrō Arashi as Old Guy
• Haruko Kato as Rokurō's mother
• Yukie Kagawa as Tamaki Kana
• Hitoshi Omae as Kamata Yasuo
• Taiji Tonoyama

Notes and References

1. Stuart Galbraith, Japanese Filmography : A Complete Reference to 209 Filmmakers and the Over 1250 Films Released in the United States, 1900 Through 1994, Mcfarland, 1996, 509 p. (ISBN 9-780786-400324), p. 157
2. Web site: 磯見忠彦 . 映画db. 27 December 2020.
3. Web site: 東シナ海. Kinema Junpo. 27 December 2020.
4. 日活アクションの華麗な世界：1954-1971 第十八章不死鳥から流れ星へ-爛熟期における渡哲也 p.476-509
5. Web site: 東シナ海. Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. 2 November 2019.
6. Web site: 東シナ海 . Nikkatsu. 2 November 2019.
7. Web site: 追悼 田村正和. May 20, 2021. July 22, 2021.
8. Web site: 東シナ海. UNIJAPAN. 27 December 2020.
9. Web site: 東シナ海. j映画の時間 ジョルダン. 27 December 2020.
10. Web site: 東シナ海. 映画コム. 2 November 2019.