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Gonin no sekkôhei

Gonin no sekkôhei

1938Movie⏱️ 1h 13m
DramaWar
6.3
IMDB Rating
93 votes

A patrol of Japanese troops in China goes on a patrol into enemy territory in this realistic ,if propagandistic, war drama.

Director
Tomotaka Tasaka
Writers
Yoshirô Aramaki, Tomotaka Tasaka
Stars
Isamu Kosugi, Bontarô Miake, Ichirô Izawa
Release Date
January 7, 1938
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
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Wins
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 4
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Isamu Kosugi
Isamu Kosugi
as Platoon leader Okada
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Bontarô Miake
as Sgt. Fujimoto
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Ichirô Izawa
as Pvt. Koguchi
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Shirô Izome
as Cpl. Nakamura
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Hikaru Hoshi
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Binnosuke Nagao

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
Nikkatsu

🎯 Categories

JapaneseDramaWar

⭐ Featured Review

Band of Five
by kosmasp2014-08-02
6/10

"If you are doing a movie about war, during a time when war is pending (or hanging about/over your head), you can expect it to try to bring people together. To give a sense of nationality so to speak. But this also is a movie that is artistically done and has a story that it wants to tell you above all. I had the pleasure of watching this at the Festival in Berlin and we had a long introduction. And most of it was focused (no pun intended) on the lighting of the movie. When you have a black and white picture this is extremely crucial and the filmmakers did know that. Framing wise you cannot fa..."

💡 Did You Know?

The most important Japanese war film.

📖 Synopsis

A patrol of Japanese troops in China goes on a patrol into enemy territory in this realistic ,if propagandistic, war drama.