The Sea and Poison (1986)

Original title

海と毒薬

Directed by

Kei Kumai

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 03m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, Japanese surgeons at Kyushu Imperial University perform vivisections on captured American pilots. The film follows the doctors and their moral compromises.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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