1983 | Japan | Fiction

Gyoei no mure (The Catch)

  • Japanese English 140 mins
  • Director | Shinji Sômai
  • Writer | Yōzō Tanaka
  • Producer | Hideshi Miyajima, Kanji Nakagawa, Akira Oda

STATUS: Released

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A rugged drama of initiation set in an isolated part of northeastern Japan. A young man tries to overcome the hostility of his girlfriend’s father, a tuna fisherman, by getting the older man to teach him the secrets of his dangerous trade.

Masculinity Resilience Tradition Sea Initiation
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