Ghost Ship Part 1
As Part I opens, Jubei (Denjiro Okochi), the best of sea skippers, is unable to overcome the stormy seas of Luzon. All hands on board the Kannonmaru were lost except for Shinkei, who alone made his way to land & eventually home to inform his grandson Jiromaru (Kinnosuke Nakamura) that his father Jubei met with disaster. Young Jiromaru tells his grandfather that he doesn't want to be a skipper like his father, but wants to go to Kyoto and become a samurai…
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Sadatsugu Matsuda Director · Katsuya Susaki Screenplay Jiro Osaragi Author
First release September 23, 1957 · Produced in Japan · Original title ゆうれい船 前篇
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Toei Company
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Japan
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Original title
ゆうれい船 前篇
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
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Japan · September 23, 1957
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