Drama ·War ·Comedy · Japan · 1965 · 2h 12m

Fort Graveyard

血と砂

Fort Graveyard poster
Director
Kihachi Okamoto
Cast
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
Crew
Rokurô Nishigaki — Director of Photography Yoshitami Kuroiwa — Editor Masaru Satō — Original Music Composer Kihachi Okamoto — Screenplay Susumu Saji — Screenplay Tomoyuki Tanaka — Producer
Tagline

Their lives were short, but their music will live on forever.

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators
Kihachi Okamoto Director Rokurô Nishigaki Director of Photography Yoshitami Kuroiwa Editor Masaru Satō Original Music Composer Kihachi Okamoto Screenplay Susumu Saji Screenplay Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer Iwao Akune Production Design
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