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The Lost World of Sinbad
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = The Lost World of Sinbad
| image = Daitozoku.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name =
| director = Senkichi Taniguchi
| producers =
| writer =
| screenplay =
| story = Kikuo Yasumi
| based_on =
| starring =
| narrator =
| music = Masaru Sato
| cinematography = Takao Saito
| editing = Yoshitami Kuroiwa
| studio = Toho
| distributor = Toho
| released =
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
| gross = 230 million
}}
is a 1963 Japanese drama action film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film stars Toshiro Mifune and Mie Hama.[http://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-lost-world-of-sinbad 'The Lost World at Sinbad'] at Time Out
The film is often confused with the theme of fantasy instead of 'tokusatsu' but, the book 'Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia' specifically identifies it in the genre of 'tokusatsu' fantasy. It was also released as 'Samurai Pirate' in the United States.
Cast
* Toshiro Mifune as Sukezaemon Naya
* Makoto Sato as the Black Pirate
* Jun Funato as Ming, the Prince of Thailand
* Ichiro Arishima as Sennin the Wizard
* Mie Hama as Princess Yaya
* Kumi Mizuno as Miwa
* Akiko Wakabayashi as Yaya's maid
Production
The film was based on a screenplay by Takeshi Kimura and Shinichi Sekizawa which was based on a treatment by Toshio Yasumi.
Release
'The Lost World of Sinbad' was distributed theatrically in Japan by Toho on October 26, 1963. The film was Toho's third highest-grossing film in Japan in 1963 and the 10th highest grossing domestically.
The film was distributed by American International Pictures in the United States with an English-language version, where it was re-titled 'Samurai Pirate', and then again re-titled 'The Lost World of Sinbad'. The film was released as a double feature in the United States with 'War of the Zombies' on March 17, 1965. It was released in the United Kingdom in 1976.
See also
* List of Japanese films of 1963
References
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