Living in a Rough Sea
Living in a Rough Sea
1958, Japanese. Directed by Fumio Kamei.
The inhabitants of Cape Muroto in Kochi Prefecture depend on fishing for their living, but have no fishing port in their village and so use the port of Uraga in Kanagawa Prefecture as their main port. 22 crew members in a wooden boat of less than 100t fish for tuna in rough seas, 4,500 miles away from home near Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean, where hydrogen bomb experiments are being carried out. The film focuses on an 18-year-old trainee and his labors aboard the fishing boat for two months, precisely reflecting the fisherman’s daily life.
- Runtime
- 0h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 1 January 1958
- Original title
- 荒海に生きる―マグロ漁民の生態
- Country
- Japan
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Living in a Rough Sea runs 33 minutes (0h 33m).
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Living in a Rough Sea isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1958. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Living in a Rough Sea?
Living in a Rough Sea (1958) was directed by Fumio Kamei.