Alone Across the Pacific






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DETAILS

Actors: Yujiro Ishihara
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Format: PAL
Region: Region 2 (UK & Europe)
Number of discs: 1

Classification: PG
Studio: Eureka Entertainment
DVD Release Date: 23 Feb 2009
Run Time: 97 minutes


DESCRIPTION

A powerful hymn to the human spirit, Alone Across the Pacific – by renowned Japanese director Kon Ichikawa (An Actor’s Revenge, The Burmese Harp, Tokyo Olympiad) – tells the extraordinary real-life story of one man’s obsessive quest to break free from the strictures of society.

In 1962, Kenichi Horie (Yujiro Ishihara) embarks on a heroic attempt to sail single-handed across the Pacific Ocean. Leaving Osaka in an ill-prepared vessel – The Mermaid – the young adventurer must overcome the most savage of seas, the psychological torment of cabin fever, and his mental and physical breaking point, if he is ever to reach the fabled destination of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.

Using Horie’s best-selling logbook as his source, Ichikawa portrays the epic struggle of man against nature. ‘Scope cinematography – with Horie isolated in the oceanic expanse of the frame – and a score by celebrated composer Toru Takemitsu, add to the drama of a film for which Ichikawa received a Golden Globe nomination, among other accolades. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Alone Across the Pacific for home viewing in the UK for the very first time.


SPECIAL FEATURES

  • New high definition digital transfer, anamorphically encoded, original 2.35:1 aspect ratio
  • New and improved optional English subtitles
  • Original Japanese trailer and two teasers newly subtitled
  • A lavish 24-page booklet featuring a colour reproduction of the original Japanese poster, archival publicity stills, and an essay by Brent Kliewer (professor at the College of Santa Fe)


    JAPAN | 97 MIN.

    2.35:1 OAR anamorphic
    colour
    monaural

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