Film

Otoko no iki

1942 · 1h 17m

This was 1942, so it was a national policy film, no matter what you call it. But when the war was still on the winning side, there wasn't even a little bit of sadness in the film (as the war was getting worse and worse, the burdens on our backs were increasing day by day, and we had to keep forming a line for tomorrow with nowhere to go (Akira Kurosawa's "The Most Beautiful", Admiral Nomura's "Enemy Air Raid", etc.) (Song of Annihilation, directed by Sasaki Yasushi). The film closes with the hope of the blue cloud that is bubbling up in the air. Or it may be the last time that a Japanese film talks about war and looks at the end of the war with an unconcerned eye.

Kyōko Asagiri

Hideo Fujino

Shinichi Himori

Reikichi Kawamura

Michiyo Kogure

Takeshi Sakamoto

• Noboru NakamuraDirector · Writer
• Keisuke KinoshitaWriter
• Kōzaburō YoshimuraWriter

Release date

July 9, 1942

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 17m