The read
It runs long at 2h 49m.
Synopsis
Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
17 audience votes
Key crew
- Shirō MoritaniDirector
- Shinobu HashimotoWriter
- Yasushi AkutagawaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ken TakakuraCaptain Tokushima
- Hideji ŌtakiColonel Nakabayashi
- Kinya KitaojiCaptain Kanda
- Tetsuro TambaColonel Kojima
- Rentaro MikuniMajor Yamada
- Komaki KuriharaHatsuko Kanda (Captain Kanda's wife)
- Akira HamadaLieutenant Tanabe
- Mariko KagaTaeko Tokushima (Captain Tokushima's wife)
- Yūzō KayamaCaptain Kurata
- Kumiko AkiyoshiSawa Takiguchi (Guide)
- Kenichi KatoSecond Lieutenant Takahata
- Ren EbataApprentice officer Funayama
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Themes
based on novel or booktrainingmeiji periodaomori, japanwinter expedition