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.
Released: Sep 18, 1965
Runtime: 132 minutes
Stars: Toshirō Mifune, Makoto Satō, Reiko Dan, Yūnosuke Itō, Tatsuya Nakadai, Hideyo Amamoto
Crew: Kihachi Okamoto (Director), Rokurô Nishigaki (Director of Photography), Masaru Satō (Original Music Composer), Kihachi Okamoto (Screenplay), Susumu Saji (Screenplay), Toshirō Mifune (Associate Producer)