The Human Bullet (1968)
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the war draws to a close, his commanding officers become increasingly desperate and push their men to ever more absurd extremes. The ridiculousness of the orders from above peak when the hero of the story is assigned to drive a one-man submarine straight into the hull of an enemy battleship.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
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Minori Terada as Him |
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Naoko Ohtani as The Girl |
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Hideyo Amamoto as Father |
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Masao Imafuku as School Principal |
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Chishū Ryū as Bookstore Owner |
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Tanie Kitabayashi as Bookstore Owner's Wife |
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Masumi Harukawa as Woman in Apron |
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Hirohisa Sonoda as Teacher |
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Shoichi Ozawa as Sergeant |
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Kin Sugai as Sergeant's Wife |
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Sue Mitobe as Woman |
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Yoshitaka Zushi as Older Brother |
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Kunie Tanaka as Platoon Leader |
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Ichirō Nakatani as Policeman |
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Etsushi Takahashi as Officer |
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Yūnosuke Itō as Skipper |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Narrator (voice) |
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Shinsuke Achiwa as |
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Hiroshi Hasegawa as |
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Misako Tominaga as |
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Ayako Tsuda as |
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Noriko Mihashi as |
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Hiroko Mutô as |
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Shûhei Shintani as |
| Directing | Kihachi Okamoto | Director |
| Writing | Kihachi Okamoto | Writer |
| Production | Kazuo Baba | Producer |
| Camera | Hiroshi Murai | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Yoshihiro Araki | Editor |
| Art | Iwao Akune | Production Design |
