A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
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Kô Mishima | ... |
Yokota
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Torahiko Hamada | ... |
Yamashita
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Yoshiko
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Toshiko Kobayashi | ... |
Yamashita's sister
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Junko Anami |
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Yoshiko Ashigawa |
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Tadashi Azuma |
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Shûichi Doki |
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Shigemichi Dôsan |
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Shôichi Fujioka |
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Toshirô Hayano |
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Kan Hayashi |
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Michiya Higuchi |
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Hiroshi Hijikata |
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Chûkan Inagawa |
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Kôichi Kitami |
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Shôichi Kofujita | ... |
(as Shôichi Kotôda)
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Shinichirô Minami |
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Jô Mitsumura |
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Tatsuo Nagai |
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Tomo'o Nagai |
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Binnosuke Nagao |
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Teruko Ninomiya |
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Asao Sano |
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Tsuneko Sasaki |
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Toshio Shimamura |
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Tsutomu Shimomoto | ... |
Kimura
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| Kinzô Shin | ... |
Kawanishi
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Isao Suenaga |
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Shôzô Suzuki |
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Nobuo Takagi |
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Eiko Takamatsu |
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Norikazu Takeda |
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Tôru Takeuchi |
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Hisashi Taki |
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Jun Tanizaki |
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Directed by
| Masaki Kobayashi | ||
Written by
| Kôbô Abe | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Takeshi Ogura | ... | producer |
Music by
| Chûji Kinoshita | ||
Cinematography by
| Hiroshi Kusuda | ||
Film Editing by
| Shizuo Oosawa | ||
Art Direction by
| Kimihiko Nakamura | ||
Set Decoration by
| Mototsugu Komaki | ||
Costume Design by
| Hideyoshi Hayashi | ||
Production Management
| Masahiro Kosugi | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Yûgorô Imai | ... | assistant director |
| Kazui Nihonmatsu | ... | assistant director (as Yoshimitsu Nihonmatsu) |
Art Department
| Takamasa Kobayashi | ... | set designer |
Sound Department
| Kazuo Ishihara | ... | sound mixer |
| Kan Nakamura | ... | sound recordist |
| Hisao Ôno | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Ryôji Akamatsu | ... | assistant photographer |
| Keiji Kawakami | ... | special photography |
| Kiyoharu Sudô | ... | assistant camera |
| Ryôzô Toyoshima | ... | gaffer |
Additional Crew
| Yoshio Nakahara | ... | film development |
Production Companies
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- The Criterion Collection (2013) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
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| Plot Summary |
From the Criterion Collection: "Among the first Japanese films to deal directly with the scars of World War II, this drama about a group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers jailed for crimes against humanity was adapted from the diaries of real prisoners. Because of the inflammatory content, the film was shelved by the studio for three years before being released." Written by Santteresa |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Masaki Kobayashi's first major film. Its political subject matter was considered controversial at the time it was made, and Kobayashi was asked to make severe cuts and alterations. He opted instead to shelve it, and the film was released unaltered four years later. During those four years he mostly made innocuous domestic dramas, before returning to more politically-charged filmmaking with The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959). See more » |