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Director:

Koreyoshi Kurahara

Writers:

Tatsuo Nogami (written by) &
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Release Date:

23 July 1983 (Japan) more

Genre:

Adventure | Drama more

Plot:

Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

3 wins & 5 nominations more

User Comments:

A unique and moving film... more (17 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Ken Takakura ... Akira Ushioda
Tsunehiko Watase ... Kenjirô Ochi
Eiji Okada ... Chief Ozawa
Masako Natsume ... Keiko Kitazawa
Keiko Oginome ... Asako Shimura
Takeshi Kusaka ... Morishima Kyoju
Shigeru Kôyama ... Horigome Taicho
Sô Yamamura ... Iwakiri Sencho
Jun Etô ... Tokumitsu Taiin
Kôichi Satô ... Toda Taicho
Shin Kishida ... Kissaten Master
Takeshi Ôbayashi ... Nonomiya Taicho
Shinji Kanai ... Ozaki Taicho
Shinshô Nakamaru
Masafumi Satô
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Antarctica (Japan) (subtitle) (Japan: English title)
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Runtime:

143 min | USA:112 min | USA:143 min (1985 reissue)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:G | USA:G


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Movie Connections:

Version of Eight Below (2006) more

Soundtrack:

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23 out of 24 people found the following comment useful.
A unique and moving film..., 28 May 2002
Author: lowweek from Paris, France

I've watched this movie when I was 9 with my classmates. I remember everyone cried when going out the theater... I've watched it again some years later, and I must confess that this is unique movie, with no real equivalent. It's not really a movie, not really a documentary on how several dogs try to escape from Antartica where they've been accidentaly abandonned by a scientific expedition. This movie is highly tragic because very few of them will survive. You don't see them really die on the screen, you just see them *disappear* when their fate is sealed with death, only their name and age is displayed. And that's what makes this movie so moving, and so clever in the narration.

Last but not least : the outstanding continous score is written by Vangelis and is perfect in it's cold/warm synthetizers mood.

I really recommend everyone to see this movie, it's a unique experience, and then buy the score to remember the magnificient pictures and landscapes. Perhaps it's too dark for a child, otherwise you will have to buy him a husky dog puppet to avoid continuous cries and nightmares...

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