Tale of Army Brutality

Tale of Army Brutality

98 mins | June 14, 1963

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.

Tale of Army Brutality

98 mins | June 14, 1963

Tale of Army Brutality
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.
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 陸軍残虐物語
Directors Jun'ya Satô, Yasuo Furuhata
Writers Gorô Tanada

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

as Yahichi Inumaru

Katsuo Nakamura

as Naokichi Suzuki

Shinjirô Ehara

as Tadayoshi Yazaki

Kō Nishimura

as Kameoka, Zenji

Kaneko Iwasaki

as Ume, Yahichi's wife

Yoshi Katō

as Seikichi, Yahichi's father

Michirō Minami

as Oshikawa

Sadako Sawamura

as Toki, Yahichi's mother