Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
Directed by	Shūe Matsubayashi
Produced by	Shiro Horie, Toho
Written by	Takeshi Kimura Katsuya Susaki
Music by	Ikuma Dan
Cinematography	Taiichi Kankura
Edited by	Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Distributed by	Toho
Release dates	1959 (Japan)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender (潜水艦イ-57降伏せず, Sensuikan I-57 kofuku sezu) is a 1959 Japanese war film directed by Shūe Matsubayashi.

Special effects were made by Eiji Tsuburaya.

Plot

In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an armistice. When they get there, peace has been declared, but the sub's crew don't know as their radio has failed. They send their passengers ashore and go out to face a final battle.

Cast

• Ryō Ikebe
• Tatsuya Mihashi
• Akihiko Hirata
• Akira Kubo
• Susumu Fujita
• Minoru Takada
• Maria Laurenti
• Andrew Hughes
• Hisaya Ito

See also

• Imperial Japanese Navy submarines
• B3 type submarine

References

• Ragone, August (2007, 2014) Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-0-8118-6078-9.

External links

• Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender at IMDb