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