The read
Number 2 of 3 in its series by score. It runs long at 2h 58m.
Synopsis
Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He also sees his friend Shinjô defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
Ratings
IMDb8.5/10
231 audience votes
Key crew
- Masaki KobayashiDirector
- Masaki KobayashiScreenplay
- Zenzō MatsuyamaScreenplay
- Chūji KinoshitaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tatsuya NakadaiKaji
- Michiyo AratamaMichiko
- Kokinji KatsuraSasa Nitôhei
- Jun TataraHino Jun'i
- Michirō MinamiYoshida Jôtôhei
- Kei SatōShinjô Ittôhei
- Kunie TanakaObara Nitôhei
- Ryōhei UchidaHashitani Gunsô
- Kan YanagiyaTanoue Nitôhei
- Kenjiro UemuraBannai Jôtôhei
- Kaneko IwasakiTokunaga Kangofu
- Mayumi KurataObara no Tsuma
Stills
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Themes
japanworld war iirecruitsequelconscientious objectorpacific warmilitaryjapanese armyfoxholetrenchesimperial japanphilosophical