Nikudan

19681968
1h 56m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

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Drama War

During World War II, a Japanese soldier finds himself assigned to a kamikaze mission against a U.S. battleship.During World War II, a Japanese soldier finds himself assigned to a kamikaze mission against a U.S. battleship.During World War II, a Japanese soldier finds himself assigned to a kamikaze mission against a U.S. battleship.

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

423

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

87,628

10,971

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Awards
- 4 nominations

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Naoko Ôtani and Minori Terada in Nikudan (1968)

Featured review

9/10

A brilliant anti-war satire

It's a shame this movie can't be found on home video. See it if you get a chance. It was distributed in the U.S. under the name "The Human Bullet," and tells the story of a Japanese soldier in WWII who eventually finds himself launched on a kamakazi mission against a U.S. ship.

The free spirit of 1968 is very much evident in the film as, for example, our hero's blathering superiors are compared to an endlessly skipping vinyl LP. A funny savaging of the dehumanization of wartime and the military in general.

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