Synopsis
Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once was the military band. Kosugi must somehow prepare his inept soldiers for the rigors of combat.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Kihachi OkamotoDirector
- Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
- Kihachi OkamotoScreenplay
- Susumu SajiScreenplay
Cast
- Toshirō MifuneSergeant Kosugi
- Makoto SatōInuyama
- Reiko DanOharu
- Yūnosuke ItōMochida
- Tatsuya NakadaiSakuma
- Hideyo AmamotoShiga
- Tōru IbukiSanpo
- Akira NagoyaNezu
- Hiroshi HasegawaNakano
- Kenzaburo OsawaHarada
- Katsumi NezuOga
- Ben HiuraYoshino