[trailer] Kanikosen (The Crab Cannery Ship)

Description

The film is based on a 1929 novel by Takiji Kobayashi, which was previously adapted by actor/director So Yamamura in 1953. In this incarnation, Ryuhei Matsuda stars as an overworked sailor on a crab cannery ship who incites other workers to mutiny against their abusive overseer (Hidetoshi Nishijima) in an attempt to take over the ship for themselves. Credit to www.nipponcinema.com