Film · 1982

The Longest Tunnel

Name: The Longest Tunnel
Director: Shirō Moritani
Genre: Drama
Released: 1982-10-16
Rating: 10

142 min · Directed by Shirō Moritani

Drama

10.01
ratings

After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this project Akutsu becomes involved with Tae Makimura leading to his estrangement from his wife.

Cast

Ken Takakura

Go Akutsu

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Tae Makimura

Tomokazu Miura

Senta Naruse

Naoko Ohtani

Kayoko

Hiroko Isayama

Oren

K

Kyoko Aoki

Susumu Fujita

M

Masakazu Kuwayama

Nenji Kobayashi

E

Eishin Tono

Hatsuo Yamaya

Kazuo Kitamura

T

Takeo Namai

Kazuo Katō

Akiji Kobayashi

Kōen Okumura

Masanobu Ōkubo

Yūsuke Takita

S

Sumio Tomikawa

S

Shogen Nitta

I

Imari Tsuji

Moeko Ezawa

J

Junnosuke Hiramitsu

Narrator (voice)

Eitarō Ozawa

Crew

Director: Shirō Moritani
Producer: Michio Morioka, Shirō Moritani, Juichi Tanaka, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Writer: Toshiro Ide, Shirō Moritani
Editor: Michiko Ikeda
Cinematography: Daisaku Kimura
Composer: Kôsetsu Minami

Details

Studios: Toho Pictures
Countries: Japan
Languages: Japanese
Release: October 16, 1982

Themes

shiptunneltrain tunnel

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