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Kanikôsen

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2009 · 109 min Drama
6.2 / 10 · TMDB

On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Some can not cope with conditions and even death from malnutrition, and is also the supervisor of the more vicious variety. Shinjo, one of the employees, trying to convince the others that they will get good luck and fortune in his next life, and persuades them because they commit suicide to get there faster. It ends, however, in a single major failure. Rather than flee Shinjo being picked up by a Russian ship. Once there, he is overwhelmed by the social conditions that are completely different from those he has just left and decided therefore to return to Kanikosen to save their employees.

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Original Title 蟹工船
Year 2009
Country Japan
Genre Drama
Director SABU
Runtime 109 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.2/10 (6 votes)

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The film strips away any romanticism from class struggle, portraying it as a grueling, bloody, and visceral process. The grim, nearly monochrome visuals immerse the viewer in the physical grind and the pervasive despair that seeps into every rusted corner of the ship.

What lingers after the credits is a profound, unsettling reflection on the cost of human dignity. It stands as a potent social artifact, a stark reminder of the fragility of rights we often take for granted. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: SABU

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