The Story of the three Japanese castaways Otokichi, Kyukichi and Iwakichi. After their ship the Hojunmaru was damaged, they drifted to America and landed on the US-Westcoast in 1834. They had the wish to return to Japan, a long journey was awaiting them.
Cast
Teruhiko Saigō
Iwakichi
Keiko Takeshita
Okinu
Junichi Inoue
Kyukichi
Shōhei Hino
Ginji
Hideto Matsumoto
Otokichi
Katsuhiko Watabiki
Unknown
Fujio Tokita
Unknown
Torahiko Hamada
Unknown
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Unknown
Tadashi Fukuro
Unknown
Teruhiko Aoi
Unknown
Johnny Cash
McLoughlin
Tatsuya Jo
Narrator (voice)
Eijirō Tōno
Unknown
Masakane Yonekura
Unknown
Takahiro Tamura
Unknown
Crew
Masahisa Sadanaga
Director
Kazuo Ôta
Editor
Hiroshi Takemura
Director of Photography
Hiroshi Nagao
Second Assistant Director
Tomohiko Saito
Third Assistant Director
Yoshimi Yamada
Assistant Director
Ryuji Matsumoto
Sound Mixer
Hideo Kobayashi
Sound Recordist
Hiroshi Iijima
Lighting Technician
Shûichi Kishiura
Special Effects
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Shigemori Shigeta
Art Direction