Gondo
A cast member in a film about wartime medical atrocities.
Gondo is a character in the 1986 Japanese black and white drama film The Sea and Poison, written and directed by Kei Kumai and based on the novel by Shūsaku Endō. He is portrayed by actor Shigeru Kōyama. The film tells the true story of downed American pilots in World War II who are vivisected by Japanese surgeons at Kyushu Imperial University.
Lore & Background
The source identifies Gondo as a character in The Sea and Poison, played by Shigeru Kōyama. The film's plot centers on eight crew members from a downed B-29 bomber who are brought to the Imperial University's medical school for vivisection experiments under military orders. Researchers Suguro and Toda are tormented by their participation in these inhuman acts, while power struggles within the department add to the turmoil.
Did You Know?
- The film won the Jury Grand Prix at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.
- The film was shot at the former Tokyo Industrial Laboratory in Hatsudai, a location also used for MISHIMA and Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girls' Blood is Roaring.
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