Top billed cast

1. 

   Sachiko Hidari

   Sakie Togashi

2. 

   Tetsuro Tamba

   Sergeant Katsuo Togashi

3. 

   Noboru Mitani

   Pvt. Tsuguo Terajima

4. 

   Sanae Nakahara

   Mrs. Ochi

5. 

   Yumiko Fujita

   Tomoko Togashi

6. 

   Shinjirō Ehara

   Lt. Goto

7. 

   Taketoshi Naitō

   Tadahiko Ohashi

8. 

   Kôichi Yamamoto

   Ministry of Health and Welfare

9. 

   Kan'emon Nakamura

   Takeo Senda

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Reviews

A review by watchman

Written by watchman on 2013-12-25

No big-budget battle picture, this is a small, intimate chamber of moral horrors. Fukasaku spares neither his characters nor his viewers to deliver a personal anti-war film that indicts an entire social system.

People are tested to the breaking point, without meaning or goal except to escape a miserable death. By the end of the story, you are invited to conclude that no one who felt the brunt of the war survived it; that in truth the Japanese nation did not survive. Those who stay more or less intact seem frankly superhuman.

Prominently featured: sham leadership, ethical vacuity, corrup...read the rest

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7. Cloak and Dagger65%
8. Walking with the Enemy62%
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12. 36 Hours70%
13. Jacknife63%
14. Platoon77%
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17. Birdy71%
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Status
Released

Original Language
Japanese

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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