

The Young Ace in the South Pacific
1967 Directed by Kengo FurusawaThe 10th film in the Wakadaisho series, the Young Ace Yuichi Tanuma travels to Hawaii to train in deep-sea navigation. The Young Ace comes to the rescue of various women in peril, teaches a would-be restauranteur how to make sukiyaki, thwarts the romantic aspirations of his rival Ao Daisho, and competes in the finals of the Japan Judo Championship at the Nippon Budokan. Shot across various locations across Hawaii, Tahiti, Saipan, and Tokyo.
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Yūzō Kayama
....................................................Yuichi Tanuma

Yuriko Hoshi
....................................................Sumiko Nishina

Kunie Tanaka
....................................................Shinjiro Ishiyama

Ichirō Arishima
....................................................Kyutaro Tanuma

Chōko Iida
....................................................Riki Tanuma

Bibari Maeda
....................................................Yumiko Arita

Machiko Naka
....................................................Teruko Tanuma
Director
...........................................................Kengo Furusawa
Producer
...........................................................Kazuo Kamitani
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Writer
...........................................................Yasuo Tanami
Editor
...........................................................Ryôhei Fujii
Underwater Director of Photography
...........................................................Yoshimitsu Banno
Production Design
...........................................................Yoshifumi Honda
Production Companies
...................................................TOHO
Production Countries
........................................................Japan
Spoken Languages
....................................................日本語
Genres
....................................................Comedy
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