Drama ·War · Japan · 1956 · 1h 50m

The Thick-Walled Room

壁あつき部屋

The Thick-Walled Room poster
Director
Masaki Kobayashi
Cast
Kō Mishima as Yokota Torahiko Hamada as Yamashita Keiko Kishi as Yoshiko Toshiko Kobayashi as Yamashita's sister Kinzō Shin as Kawanishi Tsutomu Shimomoto as Kimura
Crew
Hiroshi Kusuda — Director of Photography Shizuo Oosawa — Editor Chūji Kinoshita — Original Music Composer Kōbō Abe — Screenplay Takeshi Ogura — Producer Hideyoshi Hayashi — Costume Design
Synopsis

A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

Mood & Themes
prisonprisonerbased on memoir or autobiographypost war japancrime against humanity
Key Collaborators
Masaki Kobayashi Director Hiroshi Kusuda Director of Photography Shizuo Oosawa Editor Chūji Kinoshita Original Music Composer Kōbō Abe Screenplay Takeshi Ogura Producer Hideyoshi Hayashi Costume Design
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