is a 1963 color (Eastmancolor) Japanese adventure film directed by Kon Ichikawa.日活アクションの華麗な世界：1954-1971 第十一章 青春との訣別-爛熟期における裕次郎像の概観 p.266-280 三本の異色作-「太平洋ひとりぼっち」「敗れざるもの」「城取り」 It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on the book , Kenichi Horie's account of his 1962 solo voyage across the Pacific, which was the first successful Transpacific solo voyage.
Plot Yujiro Ishihara is a young yachtsman who impulsively decides to sail across the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco. On the way he encounters a ship with American passengers. He talks to them in broken English and realises that he does not have a passport. On landing in San Francisco, he receives a hero's welcome, but is scolded by the Japanese consulate.
Cast Yujiro Ishihara as The Youth Masayuki Mori as Youth's Father Kinuyo Tanaka as Youth's Mother Ruriko Asaoka as Youth's Sister Hajime Hana as Youth's Friend Gannosuke Ashiya Kojiro Kusanagi
References
External links Alone Across the Pacific at Masters of Cinema