Tale of Army Brutality(1963)
Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill system that reigned in the Japanese army during World War II, where in the first two years of training, ordinary people were turned into inhuman killers. For his first film, the director was awarded the Blue Ribbon Awards in the Debutant of the Year nomination.
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Yahichi Inumaru
Tadayoshi Yazaki
Kameoka, Zenji
Ume, Yahichi's wife
Seikichi, Yahichi's father
Oshikawa
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