Kanikôsen (1953)

movie

(23)

Country: Japan
Genres: N/A
Release: 1953-09-10
Director: Sō Yamamura
Writers: Takiji Kobayashi , Sō Yamamura
Language: Japanese
Stars: Sō Yamamura , Sumiko Hidaka , Shojiro Ogasawara , Masayuki Mori , Shin Morikawa , Sanae Nakahara , Rosak Kawarazaki , Harue Wakahara , Akitake Kôno , Ko Mihashi
Runtime: 112 min
Awards: 1 win
AKA: The Crab-Canning Ship , Vânătoarea de crabi (Romania) , Os pescadores de caranguejos (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , 蟹工船 (Japan) , The Cannery Boat , Kanikôsen , Rákhalászok (Hungary) , Polawiacze krabów (Poland)
Plot: With Japan already suffering economically at the rise of Hirohito, the Depression adds to the tyrannical bullying by bosses,and outright kidnapping of needed labor. Can the working class achieve solidarity under these conditions?
IMDB:tt0045953