Tale of Army Brutality (1963)

06/14/1963 (JP) • 1h 38m

Drama, War

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.

Top Billed Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Yahichi Inumaru

Katsuo Nakamura

Naokichi Suzuki

Shinjirō Ehara

Tadayoshi Yazaki

Kō Nishimura

Kameoka, Zenji

Kaneko Iwasaki

Ume, Yahichi's wife

Yoshi Katō

Seikichi, Yahichi's father


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

corporal punishment

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