the genres:

Storyline:

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.

Cast:

Shintarō Katsu

as Kisaburo Omiya

Takahiro Tamura

as Arita

Jō Shishido

as

Michiyo Yasuda

as

Koichi Ose

as

Hideji Ōtaki

as

Jun Takigawa

as

Teruo Matsuyama

as

Gorō Kudan

as

Jun Katsumura

as

Chikara Hashimoto

as

Yukio Horikita

as

Kazuo Mortuchi

as

Tsuyotake Matsuda

as

Katsuyoshi Baba

as

Tamotsu Fujiharu

as

Iwao Kasumi

as

Haruyoshi Takeuchi

as

Hiroshi Miki

as