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Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Yahichi Inumaru

Katsuo Nakamura

Katsuo Nakamura

Naokichi Suzuki

Shinjirō Ehara

Shinjirō Ehara

Tadayoshi Yazaki

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Kameoka, Zenji

Mitsuo Andō

Mitsuo Andō

Kaneko Iwasaki

Kaneko Iwasaki

Ume, Yahichi's wife

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Seikichi, Yahichi's father

Michirō Minami

Michirō Minami

Oshikawa

Shoji Nakayama

Shoji Nakayama

Akemi Nara

Akemi Nara

Junkichi Orimoto

Junkichi Orimoto

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Toki, Yahichi's mother

Isao Tamagawa

Isao Tamagawa

Fumitake Ōmura

Fumitake Ōmura

Crew

Junya Satō

Junya Satō

Director

Gorō Tanada

Gorō Tanada

Screenplay

Masaru Satō

Masaru Satō

Original Music Composer

Hanjirō Nakazawa

Hanjirō Nakazawa

Director of Photography

Yasuo Furuhata

Yasuo Furuhata

Assistant Director

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Tale of Army Brutality

196310.0 / 1098 min
Drama, War

Overview

Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill system that reigned in the Japanese army during World War II, where in the first two years of training, ordinary people were turned into inhuman killers. For his first film, the director was awarded the Blue Ribbon Awards in the Debutant of the Year nomination.