Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Writers: Shohei Ooka, Natto Wada
Stars: Eiji Funakoshi, Mantarô Ushio, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
Awards: 7 wins & 1 nomination
Duration: 1h 48m
It is the Philipines, 1945. The Japanese Imperial Army has been reduced to a ragtag mob hiding in the jungles. Among them is Pvt. Tamura. The situation goes from bad to worse and in the face of the brutal conditions facing the men, some go insane and resort to murder and cannibalism. In the midst of this, Pvt. Tamura tries to survive without giving up his principles
In the closing days of WWII, remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain death by starvation.
