

150 minutes
1/15/1980
When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha and later rescuing her from committing suicide, Col. Miyagi allows her to move in with him. Over time, the two grow close, but in spite of Kaoru's growing feelings for him, Col. Miyagi is unable to bring himself to return her love. On the night of his deployment to war, Col. Miyagi finally admits his feelings for Kaoru, but will they ever be able to enjoy a peaceful life together now that a very violent and bloody military revolt is under way...

Ken Takakura
as Keisuke Miyagi

Sayuri Yoshinaga
as Kaoru Mizoguchi

Masakane Yonekura
as MP Sergeant Major Shima

Junko Sakurada
as Yoko Takami

Takahiro Tamura

Takashi Shimura

Kunie Tanaka

Ryūnosuke Kaneda

Shin Kishida

Tonpei Hidari

Asao Koike

Yūsuke Kawazu

Toshiyuki Nagashima
as Hideo Mizoguchi

Akira Nishikino

Rokkō Toura
as MP Captain Abe

Bin Amatsu

Tomoe Hiiro
Akira Kume
as Kinzo Mizoguchi

Zenpei Saga

Nenji Kobayashi
as Sergeant Harada

Hiroshi Kondō

Akira Oda
Seiji Endō
Shogen Nitta

Hirohisa Nakata

Ryuta Kashiwagi

Kazunaga Tsuji
Shu Wada
Yuusuke Jin
as Lieutenant Tachihara
Jun Takigawa
as Lieutenant Iwasaki

Kojiro Oka
as Lieutenant Katayama
Shin Saito
as Lieutenant Kumagai

Tatsumi Ishihara
as Lieutenant Seto
Retsu Mori
as Lieutenant Ishikawa
Shu Morita
as Lieutenant Yamazaki

Katsuhiro Fukuda
Yoshio Adachi
as Lieutenant Adachi
Akio Kobori

Hiroshi Tanaka

Tetsuya Yamaoka

Hiroshi Nawa

Tetsuo Morishita

Akira Hamada
Takuji Aoki
Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama
Shunya Wazaki
Kako Yoshimura

Kyoko Shinobazu
Yuko Setsu
Mizuho Wada

Kai Ato
as Veteran A
Teruo Shimizu
as Veteran B
Chū Takatsuki
as Veteran C
Kōji Sawada
as Veteran D
Shigeru Aoki
as Veteran E
Shigeru Yamada
as Veteran F
Tatsuya Kameyama
Hiroyuki Inaba
as Signaller
Koji Miemachi

Iwao Dan
as Officer A
Toyonori Murazoe
as Veteran G
Hiroki Oshima
as Veteran H
Akira Sera
as Prime Minister Inukai
Motoo Noguchi
as Minister of Finance
Takeshi Yamamoto
as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Zenichi Inagawa
as Grand Chamberlain

Susumu Kurobe
as Navy Lieutenant B
Ichirō Shimizu

Genji Kawai
Minoru Umezawa
Jirō Sagawa
as Procurer

Gōzō Sōma
Sakae Yamaura
Osamu Kimura
as Man in business suit
Kosuke Nakatsuka
Toshi Akiyama
Kōichi Yamada

Gorō Naya
as Announcer

Kei Satō
as Narrator (voice)