Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they ever have, creating enmity and exhaustion. Just when the ship has taken a huge catch of tuna in its nets, Murakami learns that his ship is the only one in position to rescue the crew of another ship, sinking in a storm. He must choose between saving the catch or saving lives. Either choice may mean his ruin.
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Heihachirô Murakami
Tatsuya Mihashi
Isaku Yano
Makoto Satō
Aoki
Ryo Tamura
Tsuda
Mie Hama
Yoko Togawa
Akihiko Hirata
Nozaki
Tadao Nakamaru
Iwata
Sachio Sakai
Kawabe
Ikio Sawamura
Kaga
Akira Hitomi
Yasuhara
Yasuzō Ogawa
Nemoto
Kazuo Suzuki
Minami
Ben Hiura
Kojima (as Tsutomu Hiura)
Akiyoshi Kasuga
Ema
Shintaro Nakaoka
Maehara
Zeko Nakamura
Unknown
Crew
Jun Fukuda
Director, Writer
Ei Ogawa
Writer
Shinichi Sekizawa
Writer
Ryôhei Fujii
Editor
Yoshio Tamura
Assistant Editor
Takao Saitō
Cinematography
Yoshimitsu Banno
Assistant Director
Yōichi Matsue
Assistant Director
Toshirō Mifune
Executive Producer
Koichi Sekinaka
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Hiroshi Ueda
Production Design
Makoto Kakizawa
Costume Design
Sadako Okada
Hairstylist
Toyojiro Hatano
Assistant Art Director
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects Supervisor
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Kyuichi Higuchi
Props
Hiroshi Nezu
Production Manager