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The Crab-Canning Ship

THE CRAB-CANNING SHIP

Kanikôsen

Directed by Sô Yamamura
Japan, 1953
Drama

Synopsis

A group of sailors is forced to work under unbearable conditions on a Japanese fishing vessel. Worse off than animals, they are roughly abused by the captain and cheated out of their wages by their company’s manipulative economic practices.

Synopsis

A group of sailors is forced to work under unbearable conditions on a Japanese fishing vessel. Worse off than animals, they are roughly abused by the captain and cheated out of their wages by their company’s manipulative economic practices.