A young man tries to overcome the hostility of his girlfriend's father, a tuna fisherman, by getting the father to teach him the trade's secrets.
Direction
Sōmai's unblinking eye for ritual and physical labor.
Cinematography
The sea as character: beautiful, indifferent, hungry.
Acting
Ken Ogata's father figure: pride, cruelty, and buried tenderness.
Director
Shinji Sōmai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sōmai pioneered the 'long take' in Japanese cinema; the tuna boat sequences were shot in real conditions with actual fishermen, blurring documentary and drama.
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