Tale of Army Brutality (1963)

  • NR
  • 06/14/1963 (JP)
  • 1h 38m

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.

Junya Satō

Director

Gorō Tanada

Screenplay

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni's headshot

Rentaro Mikuni

Yahichi Inumaru
Katsuo Nakamura's headshot

Katsuo Nakamura

Naokichi Suzuki
Shinjirô Ehara's headshot

Shinjirô Ehara

Tadayoshi Yazaki
Kō Nishimura's headshot

Kō Nishimura

Kameoka, Zenji
Mitsuo Andō's headshot

Mitsuo Andō

Kaneko Iwasaki's headshot

Kaneko Iwasaki

Ume, Yahichi's wife
Yoshi Katō's headshot

Yoshi Katō

Seikichi, Yahichi's father
Michirō Minami's headshot

Michirō Minami

Oshikawa

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