Alone Across the Pacific

Alone on the Pacific
Film poster
Directed by	Kon Ichikawa
Written by	Kenichi Horie (story and book) Natto Wada (writer)
Produced by	Ishihara Nikkatsu Akira Nakai (producer)
Starring	Yujiro Ishihara
Cinematography	Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Edited by	Masanori Tsujii
Release date	27 October 1963 (1963-10-27)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Alone Across the Pacific (太平洋ひとりぼっち, Taiheiyō Hitori-botchi) is a 1963 color (Eastmancolor) Japanese adventure film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on the book Alone on the Pacific (USA title) (Kodoku), Kenichi Horie's account of his 1962 solo voyage across the Pacific, which was the first successful Transpacific solo voyage.

Plot

Yujiro Ishihara is a young yachtsman who impulsively decides to sail across the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco. On the way he encounters a ship with American passengers. He talks to them in broken English and realises that he does not have a passport. On landing in San Francisco, he receives a hero's welcome, but is scolded by the Japanese consulate.

Cast

• Yujiro Ishihara as The Youth
• Masayuki Mori as Youth's Father
• Kinuyo Tanaka as Youth's Mother
• Ruriko Asaoka as Youth's Sister
• Hajime Hana as Youth's Friend
• Gannosuke Ashiya
• Kojiro Kusanagi

External links

• Alone Across the Pacific at Masters of Cinema
• Alone on the Pacific at IMDb