Tale of Army Brutality
movie

Released June 14, 1963
Overview
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.
Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
as
Yahichi Inumaru
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Katsuo Nakamura
as
Naokichi Suzuki

Shinjirō Ehara
as
Tadayoshi Yazaki

Kō Nishimura
as
Kameoka, Zenji

Mitsuo Andō

Kaneko Iwasaki
as
Ume, Yahichi's wife

Yoshi Katō
as
Seikichi, Yahichi's father

Michirō Minami
as
Oshikawa

Shoji Nakayama
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Akemi Nara

Junkichi Orimoto

Sadako Sawamura
as
Toki, Yahichi's mother


