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Deguchi no nai umi

  • 20062006
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
152
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Yûsuke Iseya, Ebizô Ichikawa, and Juri Ueno in Deguchi no nai umi (2006)
  • Drama
  • War
Koji Namiki, a talented young pitcher, who had won the National High School Baseball Championships enters university, but soon afterwards injures his elbow. He and his teammates work hard to... Read allKoji Namiki, a talented young pitcher, who had won the National High School Baseball Championships enters university, but soon afterwards injures his elbow. He and his teammates work hard to get back on the field placing all his hopes on a new slow-ball, "the magic pitch." Howeve... Read allKoji Namiki, a talented young pitcher, who had won the National High School Baseball Championships enters university, but soon afterwards injures his elbow. He and his teammates work hard to get back on the field placing all his hopes on a new slow-ball, "the magic pitch." However, the outbreak of WWII wipes out the baseball ambitions from everyone. They join the mili... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
152
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Kiyoshi Sasabe
  • Writers
    • Hideo Yokoyama(novel)
    • Yôji Yamada(screenplay)
    • Motofumi Tomikawa(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ebizô Ichikawa
    • Yûsuke Iseya
    • Juri Ueno
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  • Director
    • Kiyoshi Sasabe
  • Writers
    • Hideo Yokoyama(novel)
    • Yôji Yamada(screenplay)
    • Motofumi Tomikawa(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ebizô Ichikawa
    • Yûsuke Iseya
    • Juri Ueno
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    • 2User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins

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    Ebizô Ichikawa
    Ebizô Ichikawa
    • Koji Namikias Koji Namiki
    Yûsuke Iseya
    Yûsuke Iseya
    • Katsuya Kitaas Katsuya Kita
    Juri Ueno
    Juri Ueno
    • Minako Narumias Minako Narumi
    Shun Shioya
    • Nobuo Itoas Nobuo Ito
    Teruyuki Kagawa
    Teruyuki Kagawa
    • Kashimaas Kashima
    Yûko Kotegawa
    • Mitsue Namikias Mitsue Namiki
    Tomokazu Miura
    Tomokazu Miura
    • Toshiaki Namikias Toshiaki Namiki
    Sei Hiraizumi
    Sei Hiraizumi
    Hiroyuki Hirayama
    • Gouharaas Gouhara
    Kyôta Inoue
    Mitsunori Isaki
    • Hiroyuki Okitaas Hiroyuki Okita
    Shûji Kashiwabara
    • Yasukichi Sakumaas Yasukichi Sakuma
    Yûki Kuroda
    • Satoshi Obataas Satoshi Obata
    Toshiyuki Nagashima
    Toshiyuki Nagashima
    • Babaas Baba
    Tsubasa Nakamura
    • Chiharaas Chihara
    Anna Odaka
    • Yukiyo Namikias Yukiyo Namiki
    • (as Anna Otaka)
    Makoto Sakamoto
    • Kikuchias Kikuchi
    Yasuhito Shimao
    Yasuhito Shimao
    • Shibadaas Shibada
    • Director
      • Kiyoshi Sasabe
    • Writers
      • Hideo Yokoyama(novel)
      • Yôji Yamada(screenplay)
      • Motofumi Tomikawa(screenplay)
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    Midget submarines in WW2.
    This one lobs about the middle of the submarine movie league table - not as good as BEDFORD INCIDENT or MORNING DEPARTURE, better than RUN SILENT RUN DEEP or GRAY LADY DOWN.

    The plot shows, in not all that convincing detail, the training and deployment of Kaitan or one man human torpedoes in the later stages of WW2. Being a Japanese film gives it unfamiliarity and the cultural shadings may be lost on a Western Audience. Detail, like rising above the depth charges, is new. There's ambivalence toward the instructors, who are harsh but concerned and towards the young kamikaze operators who are not too bright but determined to show The Right Stuff.

    The story line is broken by details of the lead's home life - star pitcher for the Meiji baseball team (they don't labor the irony of playing the national game of the enemy,) his resigned parents and his squeeze. Some of the imagery is striking - the farewell at the train station with with all the red dot flags - and the attempted launch does have genuine suspense, with the implications of failure explored in a detail which is the film's most interesting element.

    Production is assured without being all that convincing. The underwater effects work is good.
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    • Mozjoukine
    • Dec 6, 2007

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    • Release date
      • September 16, 2006 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Sea Without Exit
    • Filming locations
      • Japan
    • Production companies
      • Shochiku
      • Pony Canyon
      • Sumitomo Corporation
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,961,088
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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