Drama ·History · Japan · 1977 · 2h 49m

Mount Hakkoda

八甲田山

Mount Hakkoda poster
Director
Shirō Moritani
Cast
Ken Takakura as Captain Tokushima Hideji Ōtaki as Colonel Nakabayashi Kinya Kitaoji as Captain Kanda Tetsuro Tamba as Colonel Kojima Rentaro Mikuni as Major Yamada Komaki Kurihara as Hatsuko Kanda (Captain Kanda's wife)
Crew
Daisaku Kimura — Director of Photography Michiko Ikeda — Editor Yasushi Akutagawa — Original Music Composer Shinobu Hashimoto — Writer Jirô Nitta — Novel Tomoyuki Tanaka — Producer
Synopsis

Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia.

Mood & Themes
based on novel or booktrainingmeiji periodaomori, japan
Key Collaborators
Shirō Moritani Director Daisaku Kimura Director of Photography Michiko Ikeda Editor Yasushi Akutagawa Original Music Composer Shinobu Hashimoto Writer Jirô Nitta Novel Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer Yoshitarō Nomura Producer Shinobu Hashimoto Producer Iwao Akune Production Design
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