See You (1988)

Original title

海へ 〜See you〜

Directed by

Koreyoshi Kurahara

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 54m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the competitors of a Japanese team in the Paris-Dakar Rally, an extreme endurance race across continents. It shows their personal connections and struggles during the 1988 competition.

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What happens

Umi e, See You (Japanese: 海へ 〜See you〜, Hepburn: Umi e 〜See you〜; lit. To the Sea 〜See you〜) is a 1988 Japanese auto racing epic film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and written by Sō Kuramoto. It is based on the story Suna no bôkensha (lit. Adventurers of the Sand) by José Giovanni (credited onscreen as Joze Jovanni). The plot revolves around the Paris-Dakar Rally, an off-road endurance race spanning 13,000 kilometers and multiple continents. It follows the lives, loves and losses of the competitors of Japan's Team DANKAI during the 1988 competition. Umi e, See You was theatrically released by Toho on May 18, 1988, and stars a multi-national cast with Ken Takakura in the lead role, alongside Junko Sakurada, Philippe Leroy, Nenji Kobayashi and Ayumi Ishida. This production was Sō Kuramoto's final feature film screenwriting credit for 36 years until the release of Silence of the Sea in 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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