--- title: 'A Chain of Islands (1965)' type: 'film' director: 'Kei Kumai' released: '1965-05-26' runtime_minutes: 115 countries: - 'Japan' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-chain-of-islands-1965' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059508/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # A Chain of Islands (1965) 1965 · 115 min · Japan Original title: 日本列島 ## Synopsis A Chain of Islands is a 1965 Japanese mystery crime thriller written and directed by Kei Kumai. It is based on a novel of the same name by Koichiro Yoshihara. The film stars Jukichi Uno as Akiyama, an interpreter who investigates a conspiracy implicating the Occupation government in Japan. It co-stars Izumi Ashikawa, Hideaki Nitani, Mizuho Suzuki and Shosei Muto in supporting roles. The film's score was composed by Akira Ifukube. A Chain of Islands was theatrically released by Nikkatsu on 26 May 1965, in Japan. ## Credits - **Director:** [Kei Kumai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kei-kumai) - **Screenplay:** [Kei Kumai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kei-kumai) - **Director of Photography:** [Shinsaku Himeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinsaku-himeda) ## Cast - [Harold Conway](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-conway) - [Asao Sano](https://cinepixo.com/people/asao-sano) - [Tsutomu Shimomoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/tsutomu-shimomoto) - [Sumie Sasaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/sumie-sasaki) - [Hideji Ōtaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideji-otaki) - [Taketoshi Naito](https://cinepixo.com/people/taketoshi-naito) - [Eiken Shōji](https://cinepixo.com/people/eiken-shoji) - [Hiroshi Chō](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-cho) - [Shōsei Mutō](https://cinepixo.com/people/shosei-muto) - [Tanie Kitabayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/tanie-kitabayashi) - [Yoshi Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshi-kato) - [Jūkichi Uno](https://cinepixo.com/people/jukichi-uno) - [Fusako Aihara](https://cinepixo.com/people/fusako-aihara) - [Hideaki Nitani](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideaki-nitani) - [Michio Hino](https://cinepixo.com/people/michio-hino) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-chain-of-islands-1965 Film facts: Wikidata (Q120335105); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.