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The Cruel Sea

19441h 28mMovieActionWarDrama

It is 1921 and a town has a newspaper which prints urgent bulletins as required. The Washington-based CITES treaty, in which Japan participates, puts a limit on the number of warships any country can possess. As a result, Japan has to…

DirectorTadashi Imai

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Cast · Directed by Tadashi Imai

DŌDenjirō Ōkōchi
Denjirō Ōkōchi
SHSetsuko Hara
Setsuko Hara
SKSeizaburō Kawazu
Seizaburō Kawazu
HYHisako Yamane
Hisako Yamane
ITIchirō Tsukida
Ichirō Tsukida
CMChieko Murata
Chieko Murata

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The Cruel Sea hasn't started streaming in India yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around July 13, 1944. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.