The Sea and Poison

Based On the book by Shūsaku Endō

The Sea and Poison (Japanese: 海と毒薬, Hepburn: Umi to Dokuyaku) is a 1986 Japanese black and white drama film written and directed by Kei Kumai and based on a novel of the same name by Shūsaku Endō. It tells the true story of downed American pilots in World War II who are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in the Kyushu Imperial University. The film has never been released on home video outside of Japan 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.

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Release date:

October 17, 1986

Director:

Kei Kumai

Cast:

Eiji Okuda, Ken Watanabe, Kyōko Kishida, Masane Tsukayama, Mikio Narita

Genre:

Drama, War

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Year page:

1986 in adaptations