キーワード French Polynesia

フランス、パリで株式仲買人としての仕事を始めたゴーギャンは、趣味で絵を描くようになった。だが1882年、パリの株式市場が大暴落し、それまでの裕福な生活は一変する。それを契機に絵画を本業とすることを考えるようになったゴーギャンだが、生活は困窮。最愛の妻と子供たちと別れてしまう。その後、わずかな資金を手にタヒチを訪れた彼は、その土地に魅了されてしまう。やがて現地の美しい娘であり、のちにゴーギャンタのタヒチでの絵のモデルとなったテフラという娘と結婚するが、すぐに彼の資金は底をつき、彼女と楽園のような生活も貧窮を極めることに。やがてテフラの感情も、彼のもとを離れていってしまうのだった…。

Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.

South Seas captain David Grief lives a life of danger and excitement as he and his friends face a new adventure every day.

Martin Clunes embarks on an epic ocean wide adventure in search of the real Pacific. His voyage is inspired by reading a book given to him when he was a child by his father about the Kon-Tiki expedition across the Pacific. Martin has always yearned to follow in those explorers' footsteps.