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Cast

Daisaku Kimura

Daisaku Kimura

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

Toru Nakamura

Toru Nakamura

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Yoshinori Osawa

Yoshinori Osawa

Director

Shuhei Kamimura

Shuhei Kamimura

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Daisuke Kimura

Daisuke Kimura

Director of Photography

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Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters

20090.0 / 10139 min
Documentary

Overview

Army surveying team attempted to scale Mount Tsurugi, a peak never before reached by humans, in order to map Japan. This behind-the-scenes documentary, was shot by director Osawa Yoshitaka and the renowned cameraman Kimura Daisaku, who made his directorial debut with this film. Filming took place in the secluded Tateyama mountain range, boasting an altitude of 3,000 meters and lasted over 200 days. The film vividly showcases the pride of the "activists" who risked their lives to tackle the gruelling two-year production schedule.