

Tale of Army Brutality
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1963-06-14
Runtime:
1h 38m
Director:
Junya Satō
Writer:
Gorō Tanada
Top Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
Yahichi Inumaru

Katsuo Nakamura
Naokichi Suzuki

Shinjirō Ehara
Tadayoshi Yazaki

Kō Nishimura
Kameoka, Zenji

Mitsuo Andō

Kaneko Iwasaki
Ume, Yahichi's wife

Yoshi Katō
Seikichi, Yahichi's father

Michirō Minami
Oshikawa

Shoji Nakayama

Akemi Nara

Junkichi Orimoto

Sadako Sawamura
Toki, Yahichi's mother
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