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Alone Across the Pacific

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is a 1963 color (Eastmancolor) Japanese adventure film directed by Kon Ichikawa.1954-1971 - p.266-280 -ISBN-10 4624710878 It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on the book , Kenichi Horie's account of his 1962 solo voyage across the Pacific, which was the first successful Transpacific solo voyage.

Plot



Yujiro Ishihara is a young yachtsman who impulsively decides to sail across the pacific to San Francisco. On the way he encounters a ship with American passengers. He talks to them in broken English and realises that he does not have a passport. On landing in San Francisco, he receives a hero's welcome, but is scolded by the Japanese consulate.

Cast



* Yujiro Ishihara as The Youth

* Masayuki Mori as Youth's Father

* Kinuyo Tanaka as Youth's Mother

* Ruriko Asaoka as Youth's Sister

* Hajime Hana as Youth's Friend

* Gannosuke Ashiya

* Kojiro Kusanagi

References




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