Five Scouts (1938)
Synopsis
An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A company commander calls on five men. They are to reconnoiter, but on their way they are attacked. Only four of them return. While his companions mourn the fifth straggles back. Soon after comes the order to move out for a general attack. The men know that this time there will be no returning." (Donald Richie)
Release Date: 1938-01-07
Runtime: 70 minutes
Director: Tomotaka Tasaka
Top Cast
- Isamu Kosugi as Unit Commander Okada
- Bontarō Miake as Sergeant Fujimoto
- Ichirō Izawa as Private Kiguchi
- Shirô Izome as Private Nakamura
- Toshinosuke Nagao as Private Endo
- Hikaru Hoshi as Private Nagano
- Toshimasa Inoue as Private Masaki
- Kiyoshi Watabe as Private Inoue
- Mantarō Ushio as Private Tanaka
- Haruhiko Nishi as Corporal Yasuda
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