Mud and Soldiers (1939)
A group of Japanese soldiers land in Chinese territory. They advance on a village ; one soldier, Norimoto, is killed in the attack, but the village is captured. Norimoto’s body is recovered and buried. Over the next two days, the soldiers advance inland. Two more soldiers, Naito and Takahashi, are injured. They remain behind to recover, but vow to catch up. Their comrades march on...
Director: Tomotaka Tasaka
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Yûji Azuma as |
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Reizaburo Yamamoto as |
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Shigeo Araki as |
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Isamu Kosugi as |
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Shirô Izome as |
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Ryôichi Kikuchi as |
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Haruhiko Nishi as |
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Yoshio Tsuchida as |
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Toshinosuke Nagao as |
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Akira Kato as |
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Mikio Kasai as |
| Directing | Tomotaka Tasaka | Director |
| Writing | Ashihei Hino | Novel |
| Editing | Risaburo Fukuda | Editor |
| Editing | Masanori Tsujii | Editor |
| Writing | Tetsu Suyama | Writer |
| Sound | Eizo Nakagawa | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Ryōzō Kasahara | Writer |
| Directing | 市川哲夫 | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tadashi Ashihara | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Saburō Isayama | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Tatsuyuki Yokota | Director of Photography |