Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender (1959)

Original title

潜水艦イ-57降伏せず

Directed by

Shūe Matsubayashi

Genre

war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 44m

Rating

8.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Japanese submarine crew refuses to surrender at the end of World War II. They face difficult decisions as they try to complete their final mission.

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What happens

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender (Japanese: 潜水艦イ-57降伏せず, Hepburn: Sensuikan I-57 kofuku sezu) is a 1959 Japanese war film directed by Shūe Matsubayashi, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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