The Cannery Boat
6.6
Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy.
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Cast
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So Yamamura
Matsuki
Known for
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Masayuki Mori
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Sumiko Hidaka
Whore
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Double Suicide
Sanae Nakahara
Natsu
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Lady Snowblood
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Harue Wakahara
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音楽大進軍
Shizue Kawarazaki
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Akitake Kōno
Shibaura
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Sansho the Bailiff
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Tokue Hanazawa
Kinoshita
Known for
The Castle of Sand
Hiroshi Hayashi
Executive
Known for
Godzilla
Jigoku
Mikizo Hirata
Foreman
Known for
Pale Flower
Heikuro Imanari
Tatsu
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Also in
Tower of Lilies
Snow Trail
So Yamamura Director · Takiji Kobayashi Story Akira Ifukube Composer
First release September 10, 1953 · Produced in Japan · Original title 蟹工船
Production
Gendai Production
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
蟹工船
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 10, 1953
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Romania
December 23, 1955 · Theatrical · cinema: Lumina (București)
XC
April 20, 1956 · Theatrical
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