A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Shochiku, Shinei Productions
Keywords
- prison
- prisoner
- based on memoir or autobiography
- post war japan
- crime against humanity
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Top Cast
Torahiko Hamada as Yamashita
Kō Mishima as Yokota
Tsutomu Shimomoto as Kimura
Kinzō Shin as Kawanishi
Kōji Mitsui as Nishimura
Yūnosuke Itō as Heo (Korean)
Ryōhei Uchida as Yokota's brother
Toshiko Kobayashi as Yamashita's sister
Top Crew
Masaki Kobayashi · Director
Kōbō Abe · Screenplay
Chūji Kinoshita · Composer
Hiroshi Kusuda · Cinematographer
Shizuo Oosawa · Editor
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