Alone Across the Pacific explained

is a 1963 color (Eastmancolor) Japanese adventure film directed by Kon Ichikawa.^[1] It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] The film is based on the book, Kenichi Horie's account of his 1962 solo voyage across the Pacific, which was the first successful Transpacific solo voyage.^{[3] [4] [5]}

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

Notes and References

1. 日活アクションの華麗な世界：1954-1971 第十一章 青春との訣別-爛熟期における裕次郎像の概観 p.266-280 三本の異色作-「太平洋ひとりぼっち」「敗れざるもの」「城取り」
2. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Alone on the Pacific . 28 February 2009. festival-cannes.com.
3. Web site: 太平洋ひとりぼっち. kotobank. 27 December 2020.
4. Web site: 太平洋ひとりぼっち. Kinema Junpo. 27 December 2020.
5. Web site: 太平洋ひとりぼっち. Agency for Cultural Affairs. 27 December 2020.