---
title: 'The Sea and Poison (1986)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kei Kumai'
released: '1986-10-17'
runtime_minutes: 123
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-sea-and-poison-1986'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092128/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Sea and Poison (1986)

1986 · 123 min · Drama, War · Japan

Original title: 海と毒薬

## Synopsis

The Sea and Poison  is a 1986 Japanese black and white drama film written and directed by Kei Kumai and based on a novel of the same name by Shūsaku Endō. It tells the true story of downed American pilots in World War II who are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in the Kyushu Imperial University.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kei Kumai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kei-kumai)
- **Screenplay:** [Kei Kumai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kei-kumai)

## Cast

- [Noriko Sengoku](https://cinepixo.com/people/noriko-sengoku)
- [Ken Watanabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-watanabe)
- [Masane Tsukayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/masane-tsukayama)
- [Eiji Okuda](https://cinepixo.com/people/eiji-okuda)
- [Kyōko Kishida](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyoko-kishida)
- [Takahiro Tamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takahiro-tamura)
- [Masumi Okada](https://cinepixo.com/people/masumi-okada)
- [Ken Nishida](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-nishida)
- [Toshie Negishi](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshie-negishi)
- [Mikio Narita](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikio-narita)

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