Tale of Army Brutality

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.

• Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
• Gorō TanadaScreenplay
• Junya SatōDirector

• Rentaro MikuniYahichi Inumaru
• Katsuo NakamuraNaokichi Suzuki
• Shinjirō EharaTadayoshi Yazaki
• Kō NishimuraKameoka, Zenji
• Mitsuo AndōCast
• Kaneko IwasakiUme, Yahichi's wife
• Yoshi KatōSeikichi, Yahichi's father
• Michirō MinamiOshikawa
• Shoji NakayamaCast
• Akemi NaraCast
• Junkichi OrimotoCast
• Sadako SawamuraToki, Yahichi's mother