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title: 'Lost in the Wilderness (1986)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Junya Satō'
released: '1986-06-07'
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/lost-in-the-wilderness-1986'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204007/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Lost in the Wilderness (1986)

1986 · Adventure · Japan

Original title: 植村直己物語

## Synopsis

Lost in the Wilderness  is a 1986 Japanese epic biographical adventure drama film directed by Jun'ya Satō. It was co-written by Satō with Yoshiki Iwama. The film is based on the life and writings of Naomi Uemura, a famous Japanese adventurer and mountain climber who went missing on Denali in 1984. It stars Toshiyuki Nishida as Uemura, in addition to Chieko Baisho, Masato Furuoya, Go Wakabayashi and Muga Takewaki. Japanese composer Kunihiko Murai and three members of Windham Hill Records co-composed the film's score. Lost in the Wilderness was theatrically released by Toho on 7 June 1986, in Japan. Despite failing to recoup its budget at the box office, Lost in the Wilderness was the third highest-grossing Japanese film domestically of 1986.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Junya Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/junya-sato)

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