Film
Tale of Army Brutality
1963 · 1h 38m · Drama · War
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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.
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
Isao Tamagawa
Fumitake Ōmura
Crew
- Junya SatōDirector
- Gorō TanadaScreenplay
- Hanjirō NakazawaDirector of Photography
- Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 14, 1963
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama, War
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