

132 minutes
9/18/1965
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.

Toshirō Mifune
as Sergeant Kosugi

Makoto Satō
as Inuyama

Reiko Dan
as Oharu

Yūnosuke Itō
as Mochida

Tatsuya Nakadai
as Sakuma

Hideyo Amamoto
as Shiga

Tōru Ibuki
as Sanpo

Akira Nagoya
as Nezu
Hiroshi Hasegawa
as Nakano

Kenzaburo Osawa
as Harada
Katsumi Nezu
as Oga

Ben Hiura
as Yoshino
Koichi Nakamura
as Ueki
Akira Nishikawa
as Tsuboi
Toyoyuki Kimura
as Okawa
Shigeru Kinami
as Chin
Keiichi Taki
as Sugiyama
Kôji Uno
as Inamoto

Shigeo Katō
as Deguchi

Nadao Kirino
Toku Ihara

Kazuo Suzuki
Shin Ibuki

Ikio Sawamura
Koji Kosugi
Kyoko Mori
Tamami Urayama

Michiko Kawa
Ippei Kawashima