

Ghost Ship Part 1
1957, Japanese. Directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.
As Part I opens, Jubei (Denjiro Okochi), the best of sea skippers, is unable to overcome the stormy seas of Luzon. All hands on board the Kannonmaru were lost except for Shinkei, who alone made his way to land & eventually home to inform his grandson Jiromaru (Kinnosuke Nakamura) that his father Jubei met with disaster. Young Jiromaru tells his grandfather that he doesn't want to be a skipper like his father, but wants to go to Kyoto and become a samurai…
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Sadatsugu MatsudaDirector
- Kinnosuke NakamuraJiromaru
- Ryutaro OtomoSamanosuke Sasaki
- Denjirō ŌkōchiJubei
- Yumiko HasegawaYuki-hime
- Eiko MaruyamaChacha
- Ryūnosuke TsukigataDanjô Matsunaga
- Isao YamagataGemba Akahana
- Eitarō ShindōGorôdayû
- Masao MishimaOniyasha
- Ryōsuke KagawaShôgen Unno
- Kunio KagaSaburôjirô Kôno
- Kensaku HaraSaemontarô
Details
- Released
- 23 September 1957
- Original title
- ゆうれい船 前篇
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Katsuya Susaki
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Ghost Ship Part 1 runs 86 minutes (1h 26m).
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Ghost Ship Part 1 isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 September 1957. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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If you liked Ghost Ship Part 1, try Wrath of Daimajin, The Water Man, Anastasia: Once Upon a Time.
Who directed Ghost Ship Part 1?
Ghost Ship Part 1 (1957) was directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda and stars Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ryutaro Otomo, Denjirō Ōkōchi.