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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Yūnosuke Itō as Skipper |
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Hideyo Amamoto as Father of Him |
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Masumi Harukawa as |
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Tanie Kitabayashi as |
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Sue Mitobe as |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Narrator |
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Ichirō Nakatani as |
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Shoichi Ozawa as |
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Chishū Ryū as Bookstore Man |
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Kunie Tanaka as |
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Shinsuke Achiwa as |
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Masao Imafuku as |
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Kin Sugai as |
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Etsushi Takahashi as |
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Misako Tominaga as |
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Yoshitaka Zushi as |
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Hiroshi Hasegawa 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 |
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Hirohisa Sonoda as |
| Directing | Kihachi Okamoto | Director |
| Writing | Kihachi Okamoto | Writer |
| Production | Kazuo Baba | Producer |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Hiroshi Murai | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Yoshihiro Araki | Editor |
| Art | Iwao Akune | Production Design |