Brooba | |
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Directed by | Shigeyoshi Suzuki |
Written by | Hideo Oguni Nobumasa Ikeda |
Produced by | Hidemasa Nagata |
Starring | Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Yuko Yashio Osamu Maruyama Woody Strode |
Cinematography | Shigeo Itabashi Michio Takahashi |
Music by | Akira Ifukube |
Production company | Daiei Film |
Distributed by | Daiei Film |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Brooba (ブルーバ, Burūba) is a 1955 adventure film directed by Shigeyoshi Suzuki. The film was a Japanese Tarzan film based on the main character Brooba. It was supposed to be shot in the jungle but was filmed in Los Angeles. Like Johnny Weissmuller who starred in classic Tarzan films, the starring actor Yoshihiro Hamaguchi was also an Olympic swimming medalist in the 1952 Summer Olympics.