Tale of Army Brutality

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 14, 1963

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Toei Company

Cast

Shinjirō Ehara,Rentaro Mikuni,Kaneko Iwasaki,Michirō Minami,Fumitake Ōmura,Junkichi Orimoto,Isao Tamagawa,Shoji Nakayama,Katsuo Nakamura,Kō Nishimuraand 4 more

Director

Junya Satō

Writer

Gorō Tanada

Cinematography

Hanjirō Nakazawa

Music

Masaru Satō

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0328333