Tale of Army Brutality

1h 38min

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.

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Yahichi Inumaru
Katsuo Nakamura

Katsuo Nakamura

Naokichi Suzuki
Shinjirō Ehara

Shinjirō Ehara

Tadayoshi Yazaki
Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Kameoka, Zenji
Kaneko Iwasaki

Kaneko Iwasaki

Ume, Yahichi's wife
Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Seikichi, Yahichi's father
Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Toki, Yahichi's mother

Release date

14th Jun 1963

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語