Otoko no iki

Overview

This was 1942, so it was a national policy film, no matter what you call it. But when the war was still on the winning side, there wasn't even a little bit of sadness in the film (as the war was getting worse and worse, the burdens on our backs were increasing day by day, and we had to keep forming a line for tomorrow with nowhere to go (Akira Kurosawa's ""The Most Beautiful"", Admiral Nomura's ""Enemy Air Raid"", etc.) (Song of Annihilation, directed by Sasaki Yasushi). The film closes with the hope of the blue cloud that is bubbling up in the air. Or it may be the last time that a Japanese film talks about war and looks at the end of the war with an unconcerned eye.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 9, 1942

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Shochiku Ofuna

Cast

Reikichi Kawamura,Hideo Fujino,Shinichi Himori,Takeshi Sakamoto,Michiyo Kogure,Kyōko Asagiri

Director

Noboru Nakamura

Writer

Noboru Nakamura,Keisuke Kinoshita,Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt3556634