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A film about a lonely figure piloting his one-man sailboat across the wide expanse of the Pacific Ocean would seem to pose an insurmountable narrative logistical threat, but director Kon Ichikawa turns an unlikely true story into an unusual study of isolation and personal achievement. Ken-Ichi Horie was an obstinate amateur sailor obsessed with the challenge of a solo journey across the world's largest ocean, and in 1962 he fulfilled his ambitions (succeeding almost in spite of himself) in a 92-day passage that proved to be less an ordeal than a comic misadventure. Using a choppy visual style and a claustrophobic wide-screen camera, Ichikawa shows the intrepid traveler at the mercy of both the elements and his own inexperience, ending with his anticlimactic arrival in San Francisco, victorious but asleep on his feet. The alternate title of the film was 'My Enemy, the Sea', a misnomer since, for all its impassive antagonism, the ocean was Horie's only true friend, allowing him the freedom he never knew on land.

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Reviewed by CetinTemel 6 / 10

Left me dry

I know that though they might seem simple, these kinds of individual success or failure stories are always difficult to capture and cultivate on camera. Blame it on my evil nature, but it didn't take long for me to develop a death wish for this clumsy, idiotic protagonist. He never seemed likable in my eyes-perhaps that was also the director's intention, or perhaps that was some characteristic manifestation or a reflection of something within the director... or within me. Who knows? Either way, curiosity kept me watching until the end. Yet, despite all the rain, the film left me dry and unsatisfied.

Reviewed by mjneu59 7 / 10

Alone on the Pacific

1963 [JAPANESE]

Action / Adventure / Drama

Alone on the Pacific

1963 [JAPANESE]

Action / Adventure / Drama

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Left me dry

a study of isolation and achievement

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