The Cruel Sea
1944, Japanese. Directed by Tadashi Imai.
It is 1921 and a town has a newspaper which prints urgent bulletins as required. The Washington-based CITES treaty, in which Japan participates, puts a limit on the number of warships any country can possess. As a result, Japan has to decommission a ship to its makers' disappointment. An institute of technology's laboratory designs a new ship. Due to less ships, sailors have to retire and are also disappointed. The laboratory's manager and an admiral are visiting a patient at a hospital and meet coincidentally. The former has a daughter who worries about her father's workload. She asks him to accompany her to a concert. Father has little time, but is convinced for her sake. He is inspired for a ship's design at the performance. The film is inspired by the life of Jo Hiraga.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 25 May 1944
- Original title
- 怒りの海
- Country
- Japan
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The Cruel Sea runs 88 minutes (1h 28m).
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The Cruel Sea isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 May 1944. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Cruel Sea?
The Cruel Sea (1944) was directed by Tadashi Imai and stars Denjirō Ōkōchi, Setsuko Hara, Seizaburō Kawazu.