A Japanese soldier endures illness, starvation and brutality in the Philippines at the tail end of WW2.
Credited cast: | |||
Shin'ya Tsukamoto | ... | Tamura | |
Lily Franky | ... | Yasuda (as Lily Frankie) | |
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Tatsuya Nakamura | ... | Corporal |
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Yûsaku Mori | ... | Nagamatsu |
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Yûko Nakamura | ... | Tamura's Wife |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Dean Newcombe | ... | American Soldier | |
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Hiroshi Suzuki | ||
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Masato Tsujioka | ||
Hiroshi Yamamoto |
A Japanese soldier endures illness, starvation and brutality in the Philippines at the tail end of WW2.
Horrible and unforgettable I guess, this film set in the last days of the Japaneses occupation of the Philippines.. If you are in the right, masochistic mood, as I partly was, this is stimulating in its gore, which reaches and then goes far beyond most zombie movies. In fact, the 'hero' and much of the cast stumble about in zombie fashion, searching for yams and when these are scarce, bits of human pork - even, in once scene, eating their own. The actors make little impression, becasue, as in many films where most characters are there to be bumped off, they are easy to confuse. There are some weird jump cuts and sudden fades to white, with a harsh score, adding to the excruciating effect of having a root canal done to you by a psychopathic novice.