Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Rentarô Mikuni | ... | Captain Inouye |
Shôji Yasui | ... | Mizushima | |
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Jun Hamamura | ... | Ito |
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Taketoshi Naitô | ... | Kobayashi (as Takeo Naito) |
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Shunji Kasuga | ... | Maki |
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Kô Nishimura | ... | Baba (as Akira Nishimura) |
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Keishichi Nakahara | ... | Takagi |
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Toshiaki Itô | ... | Hashimoto |
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Hiroshi Hijikata | ... | Okada |
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Tomio Aoki | ... | Oyama |
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Norikatsu Hanamura | ... | Nakamura |
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Sanpei Mine | ... | Abe |
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Takashi Koshiba | ... | Shimizu |
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Tomoko Tonai | ||
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Tokuhei Miyahara | ... | Nagai |
Mizushima is a soldier in the Japanese army in Burma in World War II. He's a good soldier and frequently plays his harp to entertain his fellow soldiers. When the war comes to an end, he is asked by the British to go into the mountains to try and convince a Japanese troop to surrender. Given only 30 minutes to convince them, Mizushima is unsuccessful - they would rather die with honor - and the British attack. Deeply affected by what has happened, he becomes a Buddhist monk, traveling the countryside burying the remains of Japanese soldiers. He is unable however to rejoin his brothers-in-arms. Written by garykmcd
The grainy black and white can't hide the beauty of this film. Luscious and dealing with the deepest human feelings of war and death and rebirth. This movie is one of the all time greatest ever made. If it doesn't touch your soul, you're missing out and must be numb, cause the acting and the passion and the deep feelings the whole cast puts into their roles is musical in it's beauty. The lush settings and the burmese culture stand out as a slice of history we shouldn't miss.