Tale of Army Brutality
陸軍残虐物語
Release: 1963-06-14
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 10.0
Drama
War
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Toei Company
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Kō Nishimura
as Kameoka, Zenji
Mitsuo Andō
Kaneko Iwasaki
as Ume, Yahichi's wife
Yoshi Katō
as Seikichi, Yahichi's father
Shoji Nakayama
Junkichi Orimoto
Sadako Sawamura
as Toki, Yahichi's mother
Rentaro Mikuni
as Yahichi Inumaru
Shinjirō Ehara
as Tadayoshi Yazaki
Michirō Minami
as Oshikawa
Isao Tamagawa
Fumitake Ōmura
Katsuo Nakamura
as Naokichi Suzuki