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Hanagata senshu

  • 19371937
  • 1h 4m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
83
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Hanagata senshu (1937)
Drama
Two rival runners compete in a military exercise and later, at an overnight inn where they stop to rest, meet a young woman whose little girl is ill.Two rival runners compete in a military exercise and later, at an overnight inn where they stop to rest, meet a young woman whose little girl is ill.Two rival runners compete in a military exercise and later, at an overnight inn where they stop to rest, meet a young woman whose little girl is ill.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
83
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Writers
    • Masao Arata
    • Tobei Kujiraya
  • Stars
    • Shûji Sano
    • Shin'ichi Himori
    • Toshiaki Konoe
  • Director
    • Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Writers
    • Masao Arata
    • Tobei Kujiraya
  • Stars
    • Shûji Sano
    • Shin'ichi Himori
    • Toshiaki Konoe
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    • 2User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Shûji Sano
    Shûji Sano
    • Seki
    Shin'ichi Himori
    Shin'ichi Himori
    • Mori
    Toshiaki Konoe
    • Kimura
    Chishû Ryû
    Chishû Ryû
    • Tani
    Kenji Ôyama
    • Captain
    Yoshiko Tsubouchi
    Yoshiko Tsubouchi
    • Strolling musician
    Jun Yokoyama
    • Her child
    • (as Bakudan Kozô)
    Fujiyo Osafune
    • Her child
    • (as Fujiyo Nagafune)
    Shotaro Akagi
    • Umbrella repairer
    • (as Shôtarô Akagi)
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    • Country child
    Tomio Aoki
    Tomio Aoki
    • Country child
    • (as Tokkan Kozô)
    Kaneko Fujiwara
    • Girl at hiking
    Kaoru Futaba
    • Old woman at inn
    Masao Hayama
    Masao Hayama
    • Country child
    Mitsuko Higashiyama
    • Girl at hiking
    Takatsugu Ishiyama
    • An ascetic
    Kazuko Komaki
    • Girl at hiking
    Fusako Maki
    • Girl at hiking
    • Director
      • Hiroshi Shimizu
    • Writers
      • Masao Arata
      • Tobei Kujiraya
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    5/10
    The Glories Of Dying From A Bullet
    At a military school, the entire class goes on a 35-kilometer March. Shûji Sano, on the running team, overeats during a break and falls ill.

    Hiroshima Shimizu's movie is disturbing to a modern viewer. The songs the students sing are all about the pleasures of dying in battle, and in the evening, when the students are staying at a local home, their host explains that his son died just before graduation; a shame it wasn't a bullet that killed him, and now he drinks an extra bottle of saki every evening. While the central bit of Sano falling ill and having to be carried on a classmate's back is amusing, the movie as a whole has not aged well... or perhaps it would be more accurate to write that its meaning has become more apparent.
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    • Release date
      • October 9, 1937 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • A Star Athlete
    • Production company
      • Shochiku
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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