Jakoman and Tetsu (1964 film) (1964)

Original title

ジャコ萬と鉄

Directed by

Kinji Fukasaku

Genre

drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a small fishing village, a young fisherman faces off against a brutal one-eyed captain who terrorizes the local herring fishery. The conflict escalates as the men struggle for control and survival in the harsh seas.

tenseruggedgrittyatmosphericbleakseafaringdarkly dramaticmale-focused

What happens

Jakoman and Tetsu (ジャコ萬と鉄, Jakoman to Tetsu), also known as One-Eyed Captain and Tetsu is a 1964 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku based on an earlier screenplay by Akira Kurosawa and Senkichi Taniguchi that was based on the novel Nishin gyogyo (English: Herring Fishery) by Keizo Kajino. The screenplay had previously been filmed by director Senkichi Taniguchi in 1949. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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