The Young Ace in the South Pacific

Genre: Comedy
Run time: 106 min
Premiere: 1967. July 1.

Director: Kengo Furusawa
Writer: Yasuo Tanami
Starring: Yūzō Kayama Yuriko Hoshi Kunie Tanaka Ichirō Arishima

The 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

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Satoshi Eguchi

Bokuzen Hidari

Arita Hidezo

Ryuji Kita

Professor Takaishi

Nadao Kirino

Matsuura Senpai

Naoya Kusakawa

Hotta

Kazuko Tani

Yoshie

Mitsuko Matsubara

Etsuko Osaki

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Yukiko Arita

Yasuo Araki

Hanatani

Tamami Urayama

Fusako

Kentaro Watanabe

Live announcer

Linda Popsty

Kitty

Diane Waller

Dany

Art

Yoshifumi Honda

Production Design

Camera

Yoshimitsu Banno

Underwater Director of Photography

Crew

Senkichi Nagai

Cinematography

Directing

Kengo Furusawa

Director

Editing

Ryôhei Fujii

Editor

Production

Kazuo Kamitani

Producer

Sanezumi Fujimoto

Producer

Sound

Ken'ichirô Morioka

Music

Writing

Yasuo Tanami

Writer

Art

Yoshifumi Honda

Production Design

Camera

Yoshimitsu Banno

Underwater Director of Photography

Crew

Senkichi Nagai

Cinematography

Directing

Kengo Furusawa

Director

Editing

Ryôhei Fujii

Editor

Production

Kazuo Kamitani

Producer

Sanezumi Fujimoto

Producer

Sound

Ken'ichirô Morioka

Music

Writing

Yasuo Tanami

Writer