Tale of Army Brutality

100%% | Jun 14, 1963 |

Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill system that reigned in the Japanese army during World War II, where in the first two years of training, ordinary people were turned into inhuman killers. For his first film, the director was awarded the Blue Ribbon Awards in the Debutant of the Year nomination.

Featured Cast

Yasuo Furuhata
Assistant Director
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
Yahichi Inumaru
Katsuo Nakamura
Naokichi Suzuki
Shinjirô Ehara
Tadayoshi Yazaki
Kō Nishimura
Kameoka, Zenji
Kaneko Iwasaki
Ume, Yahichi's wife
Yoshi Katō
Seikichi, Yahichi's father

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