East China Sea (1969)
Directed by Tadahiko Isomi
Run Time - 105 min. |
Countries - Japan |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
East China Sea is a "life is cheap" melodrama in which the American characters are the least appealing. A sociopathic gangster offers to shepherd a Japanese boat crew to safety. What the crew doesn't know is that the gangster is leading them into a trap. The U.S. Air Force is on maneuvers, and the crook hopes to provide a target for American gunners. Just why he does this is made clear (though not abundantly so) within the storyline. East China Sea was originally shown under the title Higashi Shinakai.
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Air-Force, boating, bomb, China, crew, gangster, Japan, military, sea, target [object of attack], unknown
