

142 minutes
10/16/1982
After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this project Akutsu becomes involved with Tae Makimura leading to his estrangement from his wife.

Ken Takakura
as Go Akutsu

Sayuri Yoshinaga
as Tae Makimura

Tomokazu Miura
as Senta Naruse

Naoko Ohtani
as Kayoko

Hiroko Isayama
as Oren
Kyoko Aoki

Susumu Fujita
Masakazu Kuwayama

Nenji Kobayashi
Eishin Tono

Hatsuo Yamaya

Kazuo Kitamura
Takeo Namai

Kazuo Katō

Akiji Kobayashi

Kōen Okumura

Masanobu Ōkubo

Yūsuke Takita
Sumio Tomikawa
Shogen Nitta
Imari Tsuji

Moeko Ezawa
Junnosuke Hiramitsu
as Narrator (voice)

Eitarō Ozawa

Hideji Ōtaki

Chishū Ryū
as Saiji Akutsu

Hisaya Morishige
as Gensuke Kishida