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The Storm over Arabia

The Storm over Arabia

19611h 31m

Overview

A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on location overseas, which was groundbreaking at the time.

Directed by Kō Nakahira
Written by Nobuo Yamada, Kō Nakahira, Mohamed Abu Youssef
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Top Cast

Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō Ishihara

Kentarô Munakata

Izumi Ashikawa

Izumi Ashikawa

Yuriko Shiratori

Yuji Odaka

Yuji Odaka

Koji Nakagawa

Ryōji Hayama

Ryōji Hayama

Kimura

Shadia

Shadia

Laila

K

Ken Mitsuda

Kuromizu

Shōbun Inoue

Shōbun Inoue

Masa

Kamal Al-Shenawy

Kamal Al-Shenawy

Chief Policeman Ibrahim

Hassan Youssef

Hassan Youssef

Nationalist Sobhy

Torahiko Hamada

Torahiko Hamada

Yamamoto

About The Storm over Arabia

The Storm over Arabia is a adventure, drama, action film released in 1961. Directed by Kō Nakahira, it stars Yūjirō Ishihara, Izumi Ashikawa, Yuji Odaka. A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on location overseas, which was groundbreaking at the time.

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