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The Guitarist from the Sea

1960·84 min

The Guitarist from the Sea

Directed by Tokujirō Yamazaki

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Plans to build a touristic hot spring on the island of Izu Oshima run afoul of the Kobe yakuza group, which intends to use the island as a relay base for drug smuggling.

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Akira Kobayashi

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Shinsaku Himeda

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The Guitarist from the Sea (1960) is about plans to build a touristic hot spring on the island of Izu Oshima run afoul of the Kobe yakuza group, which intends to use the island as a relay base for drug smuggling.

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Tokujirō Yamazaki directed The Guitarist from the Sea (1960).

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