Army
1944 · Movie · 87 min · ★ 6.8
Kinoshita’s ambitious and intensely moving film begins as a multigenerational epic about the military legacy of one Japanese family, before settling into an emotionally complex portrayal of parental love during wartime. As the mother and father of a boy shipped off to battle, Kinuyo Tanaka and Chishu Ryu locate profound depths of feeling that transcend ideology.
Also known as The Army
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Details
- Original title
- 陸軍
- Years
- 1944
- Release date
- 1944-12-07
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 87 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (16 votes)
Themes
- patriotism
- nationalism
- world war ii
- duty
- honor
- family
- war propaganda
- military
- japanese soldier
- japanese family
- japanese nationalist
- japanese emperor
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Chishū Ryū
as Tomosuke Takagi
Kinuyo Tanaka
as Waka
Eijirō Tōno
as Sakuragi
Ken Uehara
as Nishina
- KM
Ken Mitsuda
as Tomonojo
Haruko Sugimura
as Setsu
- KH
Kazumasa Hoshino
as Shintaro, Son
- FN
Fujio Nagahama
as Fujita
Shin Saburi
as Captain
Shūji Sano
as Kaneko
Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita