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The Longest Tunnel (1982)

The Longest Tunnel poster
Original title
海峡
Directed by
Shirō Moritani
Genre
drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 22m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film follows a group of Japanese railway engineers over 30 years as they work to dig the Seikan Tunnel under the sea. It focuses on their dedication and the challenges they face with the project.

contemplativehardworkingdeterminedmonumentalslow-burnearnestfocusedmethodicalhumanistic

What happens

『海峡』(かいきょう)は、1982年10月16日公開の日本映画。『南十字星』『ひめゆりの塔』『幻の湖』とともに東宝創立五十周年記念作品。 『日本沈没』(1973年)、『八甲田山』(1977年)、『動乱』(1980年)の森谷司郎監督が、青函連絡船洞爺丸事故から約30年にわたり青函トンネルの工事に執念を燃やす国鉄技師らの物語を描いた。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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