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Five Scouts (1938)
Directed by Tomotaka Tasaka
Overview
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)
Length 70 minutes
Actors
Isamu Kosugi | Bontarô Miake | Ichirô Izawa | Shirô Izome | Binnosuke Nagao | Hikaru Hoshi | Toshimasa Inoue | Kiyoshi Watabe | Mantarô Ushio | Haruhiko Nishi | Enji Satô | Ryôichi Kikuchi | Ryuji Kita