Antarctica (Nankyoku monogatari) (1983)

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Directed by

Koreyoshi Kurahara

Starring (View all)

Ken Takakura
Akira Ushioda

Tsunehiko Watase
Kenjirô Ochi

Eiji Okada
Chief Ozawa

Masako Natsume
Keiko Kitazawa

Keiko Oginome
Asako Shimura

Takeshi Kusaka
Morishima Kyoju

Shigeru Kôyama
Horigome Taicho

Sô Yamamura
Iwakiri Sencho

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Susumu Saji
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Toshirô Ishidô
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Antartica, a classic Japanese survival from 1983

8 years, 4 months ago at Dec 14 7:25

Asiana

Antarctica is a classic survival film based on a true story of two dogs Taro and Jiro who were abandoned in Antartica but the two dogs manage to survive, with orchestra score of the legend himself from Greece VangelisProf. Ushioda and his friend Oichi leading a discovery patrol with their 15 sledge dogs in Antartica, however a bad storm is about to enter Antartica and the two professors are forced... read more

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Description: Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica. Ushioda and Ochi eventually leave Antarctica, only to return to search for the dogs inadvertently marooned there. A group of scientists leave for Antarctica with sleigh dogs. In order to save their lives, they have to leave Antarctica a hurry, abandoning their dogs behind. We follow the dogs for the rest of the movie, as they are fighting for their survival in the coolest place on earth. ... (more)

Release date: 20 March 1983

Tags: Snow (2), Survival (2), HQ (1), 1955-1964 (1), Retro Asian (1), SnP (1), Sort (1), 20th Century Fox (1), Expedition (1), Ice (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), Antarctic (1), Drama (1), Dogs (1), Dog (1), Based On True Story (1), Animal (1), Japanese (1), Adventure (1), Japan (1)

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" Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica. Ushioda and Ochi eventually leave Antarctica, only to return to search for the dogs inadvertently marooned there. The original electronic score was created by Greek composer Vangelis, who had recently written music for Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner. The film was a big hit in Japan, where it sold 3.5 million tickets in pre-sales prior to release. It became the number-one "

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