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New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

新兵隊やくざ 火線

Release: 1972-04-22 ·Runtime: 92m ·★ 6.9

The story is presented as a voiced-over narrative by Arita (Takahiro Tamura), speaking long after the events of the film. In a remote army base in Manchuria, near the Soviet border, long-serving corporal Arita hates the military and looks forward to the day he may leave. Although a university graduate, he has several times deliberately failed the exam for promotion and thus remains a corporal after four years' service.

Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Katsu Production
TOHO