· Japan · 1972 · 1h 32m

New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

新兵隊やくざ火線

Director

Cast

Shintarō Katsu as Kisaburo Omiya Takahiro Tamura as Arita Joe Shishido as Michiyo Yasuda as Koichi Ose as Hideji Ōtaki as

Crew

Setsuo Kobayashi — Director of Photography Toshio Taniguchi — Editor Kunihiko Murai — Original Music Composer Masatoshi Tojo — Screenplay Yasuzō Masumura — Screenplay Yorichika Arima — Novel

Synopsis

The story is presented as a voiced-over narrative by Arita (Takahiro Tamura), speaking long after the events of the film. In a remote army base in Manchuria, near the Soviet border, long-serving corporal Arita hates the military and looks forward to the day he may leave. Although a university graduate, he has several times deliberately failed the exam for promotion and thus remains a corporal after four years' service.

Key Collaborators

Yasuzō Masumura Director Setsuo Kobayashi Director of Photography Toshio Taniguchi Editor Kunihiko Murai Original Music Composer Masatoshi Tojo Screenplay Yasuzō Masumura Screenplay Yorichika Arima Novel Shintarō Katsu Producer

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