Posted by Kevin Ouellette on February 15, 2009 4:58am EDT (3 years ago)
Filed under: Drama
Based on a 1929 novel by Takiji Kobayashi, which was previously adapted by actor/director So Yamamura in 1953. In this incarnation, Ryuhei Matsuda stars as an overworked sailor on a crab cannery ship who incites other workers to mutiny against their oppressive captain and the company they’ve been exploited by. Hidetoshi Nishijima and Hirofumi Arai also star.