Movielogr
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line (1972)
Directed by Yasuzô Masumura
Overview
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.
Length 92 minutes
Actors
Shintarō Katsu | Takahiro Tamura | Jô Shishido | Michiyo Ookusu | Koichi Ose | Hideji Ôtaki | Jun Takigawa | Teruo Matsuyama | Gorô Kudan | Jun Katsumura | Chikara Hashimoto | Yukio Horikita | Kazuo Moriuchi | Tsuyotake Matsuda | Katsuyoshi Baba | Tamotsu Fujiharu | Iwao Kasumi | Haruyoshi Takeuchi | Hiroshi Miki