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The Sea and Poison

1986 · 123 min

A cold, black-and-white descent into conscience and complicity, watching ordinary men rationalize the unthinkable under pressure. It is grim, quiet and unrelenting.

Directed by
Kei Kumai
Genres
Drama, War
Overview
Two interns and a nurse are interrogated by American MPs for their involvement in an atrocity during the war: the vivisections of a downed American air crew.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Guilt, morality, war, violence
Content
Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
Note
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Directed by
Kei Kumai
Genres
Drama, War
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore strong
    • Language mild
    • Violence strong
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror6
    Humour0
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension7
    Darkness9
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight9

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, war
    Directed by
    Kei Kumai
    Written by
    Kei Kumai
    Starring
    Eiji Okuda, Ken Watanabe, Takahiro Tamura, Kyôko Kishida, Mikio Narita, Shigeru Kōyama, Toshie Negishi, Masumi Okada
    Music
    Teizō Matsumura
    Cinematography
    Masao Tochizawa
    Runtime
    123 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    English, German, Japanese

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