The Thick-Walled Room
1956 · Movie · 110 min · ★ 7.2
Even early on in his directing career, Masaki Kobayashi didn't shy away from controversy. Among the first Japanese films to deal directly with the scars of World War II, this drama about a group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers jailed for crimes against humanity was adapted from the diaries of real prisoners. Because of its potentially inflammatory content, the film was shelved by the studio for three years before being released.
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Details
- Original title
- 壁あつき部屋
- Years
- 1956
- Release date
- 1956-10-31
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 110 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (21 votes)
Themes
- prison
- prisoner
- based on memoir or autobiography
- post war japan
- crime against humanity
Cast & crew
Kō Mishima
as Yokota
Torahiko Hamada
as Yamashita
Keiko Kishi
as Yoshiko
Toshiko Kobayashi
as Yamashita's sister
Kinzō Shin
as Kawanishi
Tsutomu Shimomoto
as Kimura
Eitarō Ozawa
as Hamada
Tomio Aoki
- TH
Toshirō Hayano
Hiroshi Hijikata
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi