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New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

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New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

6.9

1h 32m

1972

Synopsis

The story is presented as a voiced-over narrative by Arita (Takahiro Tamura), speaking long after the events of the film. In a remote army base in Manchuria, near the Soviet border, long-serving corporal Arita hates the military and looks forward to the day he may leave. Although a university graduate, he has several times deliberately failed the exam for promotion and thus remains a corporal after four years' service.

Director

Yasuzō Masumura

Cast & Crew

Shintarō Katsu

Shintarō Katsu

as Kisaburo Omiya

Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura

as Arita

Joe Shishido

Joe Shishido

Michiyo Yasuda

Michiyo Yasuda

Koichi Ose

Koichi Ose

Hideji Ōtaki

Hideji Ōtaki

Jun Takigawa

Teruo Matsuyama

Gorō Kudan

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