Tale of Army Brutality (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.
- Released
- 1963-06-14
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Junya Satō, Gorō Tanada
- TMDB rating
- 9.5/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Rentaro Mikuni as Yahichi Inumaru
- Katsuo Nakamura as Naokichi Suzuki
- Shinjirō Ehara as Tadayoshi Yazaki
- Kō Nishimura as Kameoka, Zenji
- Mitsuo Andō
- Kaneko Iwasaki as Ume, Yahichi's wife
- Yoshi Katō as Seikichi, Yahichi's father
- Michirō Minami as Oshikawa
- Shoji Nakayama
- Akemi Nara
- Junkichi Orimoto
- Sadako Sawamura as Toki, Yahichi's mother