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Alone Across the Pacific

Alone Across the Pacific is a 1963 color (Eastmancolor) Japanese adventure film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on the book Alone on the Pacific , Kenichi Horie's account of his 1962 solo voyage across the Pacific, which was the first successful Transpacific solo voyage.

Plot
Yujiro Ishihara is a young yachtsman who impulsively decides to sail across the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco. On the way he encounters a ship with American passengers. He talks to them in broken English and realises that he does not have a passport. On landing in San Francisco, he receives a hero's welcome, but is scolded by the Japanese consulate. ==Cast==
Cast
Yujiro Ishihara as The Youth • Masayuki Mori as Youth's Father • Kinuyo Tanaka as Youth's Mother • Ruriko Asaoka as Youth's Sister • Hajime Hana as Youth's Friend • Gannosuke AshiyaKojiro Kusanagi ==References==
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