6.8/10 29 votes

Released:
1972-04-22

Overview:
The story is presented as a voiced-over narrative by Arita (Takahiro Tamura), speaking long after the events of the film. In a remote army base in Manchuria, near the Soviet border, long-serving corporal Arita hates the military and looks forward to the day he may leave. Although a university graduate, he has several times deliberately failed the exam for promotion and thus remains a corporal after four years' service.

Director:
Yasuzō Masumura

Runtime:
1h 32min

Genre:

• Cast:
• 
  Shintarō Katsu
  as
  Kisaburo Omiya
• 
  Takahiro Tamura
  as
  Arita
• 
  Joe Shishido
• 
  Michiyo Yasuda
• 
  Koichi Ose