Overview

Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once was the military band. Kosugi must somehow prepare his inept soldiers for the rigors of combat.

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Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Makoto Satō

Reiko Dan

Yūnosuke Itō

Tatsuya Nakadai

Hideyo Amamoto

Tōru Ibuki

Akira Nagoya

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Kenzaburo Osawa