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Plot

East China Sea is a "life is cheap" melodrama in which the American characters are the least appealing. A sociopathic gangster offers to shepherd a Japanese boat crew to safety. What the crew doesn't know is that the gangster is leading them into a trap. The U.S. Air Force is on maneuvers, and the crook hopes to provide a target for American gunners. Just why he does this is made clear (though not abundantly so) within the storyline. East China Sea was originally shown under the title Higashi Shinakai.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
105min.
Director(s):
Tadahiko Isomi
Keywords:
Air-Force,China,Japan,boating,bomb,crew,gangster,military,sea,target [object of attack],unknown