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.
Director:
Junya Satō
Writer:
Gorō Tanada
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Rentaro Mikuni as Yahichi Inumaru |
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Katsuo Nakamura as Naokichi Suzuki |
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Shinjirō Ehara as Tadayoshi Yazaki |
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Kō Nishimura as Kameoka, Zenji |
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Mitsuo Andō as |
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Kaneko Iwasaki as Ume, Yahichi's wife |
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Yoshi Katō as Seikichi, Yahichi's father |
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Michirō Minami as Oshikawa |
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Shoji Nakayama as |
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Akemi Nara as |
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Junkichi Orimoto as |
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Sadako Sawamura as Toki, Yahichi's mother |
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Isao Tamagawa as |
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Fumitake Ōmura as |
| Camera | Hanjirō Nakazawa | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Junya Satō | Director |
| Writing | Gorō Tanada | Screenplay |
| Directing | Yasuo Furuhata | Assistant Director |
