The Lost World of Sinbad
The Lost World of Sinbad (大盗賊, Daitōzoku, lit. The Great Bandit) is a 1963 Japanese film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi and starring Toshiro Mifune and Mie Hama.[3]
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| Directed by | Senkichi Taniguchi |
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| Story by | Kikuo Yasumi[1] |
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| Music by | Masaru Sato[1] |
| Cinematography | Takao Saito[1] |
| Edited by | Yoshitami Kuroiwa[1] |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 96 minutes[2] |
| Country | Japan |
Cast
- Toshiro Mifune as Sukezaemon Naya
- Makoto Sato as the Black Pirate
- Jun Funato as Ming, the Prince of Thailand
- Ichiro Arishima as Sennin the Wizard
- Mie Hama as Princess Yaya
- Kumi Mizuno as Miwa
- Akiko Wakabayashi as Yaya's maid
Production
The film was based on a screenplay by Takeshi Kimura and Shinichi Sekizawa which was based on a treatment by Toshio Yasumi.[2]
Release
The Lost World of Sinbad was distributed theatrically in Japan by Toho on October 26, 1963.[2] The film was Toho's third highest-grossing film in Japan in 1963 and the 10th highest grossing domestically.[2]
The film was distributed by American International Pictures in the United States with an English-language version, where it was re-titled Samurai Pirate, and then again re-titled The Lost World of Sinbad.[1] The film was released as a double feature in the United States with War of the Zombies on March 17, 1965.[1][2] It was released in the United Kingdom in 1976.[1]
See also
References
Footnotes
- Galbraith IV 1994, p. 363.
- Galbraith IV 2008, p. 205.
- The Lost World at Sinbad at Time Out
Sources
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-853-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 1461673747. Retrieved October 29, 2013.