Film

The Ants

2006 · 1h 41m · Documentary

"Devil" returns to China.

IMDb

8.3

Waichi OKUMURA, a 80- year-old WWII veteran and other 2600 ordered to stay on in China and fight along with the Chinese nationalists in the post-1945 civil war. Racing against the time, he powerfully campaigns to expose the secret military orders that kept them in China years after Japan had surrendered. His journey starts from the hot spot of Asia, the Yasukuni shrine. His quest takes him to China, where he had once become the killing machine, and finds truths about the Japanese military as well as himself under the long spell by it. During his journey, he meets a Chinese old lady who was kidnapped, raped, and confined by the Japanese soldiers. From her, he hears a story of human evils - and even forgiveness.

Waichi Okumura

self

• Kaoru IkeyaDirector

終戦75年「蟻の兵隊」全国ツアー予告篇

Release date

July 22, 2006

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Documentary