Ghost Ship Part 1

ゆうれい船 前篇

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…

Director

Sadatsugu Matsuda

Novela

Jiro Osaragi

Screenplay

Katsuya Susaki

Status

Released

Release date

23/09/1957

Original language

Japanese