The Thick-Walled Room (1956)

  • NR
  • 10/31/1956 (JP)
  • Drama, War
  • 1h 50m

Overview

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

Masaki Kobayashi

Director

Kōbō Abe

Screenplay

Cast

Kō Mishima's headshot

Kō Mishima

Yokota
Torahiko Hamada's headshot

Torahiko Hamada

Yamashita
Keiko Kishi's headshot

Keiko Kishi

Yoshiko
Toshiko Kobayashi's headshot

Toshiko Kobayashi

Yamashita's sister
Kinzō Shin's headshot

Kinzō Shin

Kawanishi
Tsutomu Shimomoto's headshot

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Kimura
Eitarō Ozawa's headshot

Eitarō Ozawa

Hamada
Tomio Aoki's headshot

Tomio Aoki

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