Japanese schoolboys dreaming of glory get stranded in a war they never understood.
A class of Japanese youths volunteer for the war effort during WWII, but then get stranded in Manchuria.
Writing
Dezaki's brutal honesty about Japan's war crimes.
Direction
No heroic framing, just boys drowning in history.
Acting
Yamaguchi's voice cracks with false bravado.
Director
Satoshi Dezaki
Kappei Yamaguchi
Kyota Suzuki (voice)
Takeshi Kusao
Kenji Yoshizaki (voice)
Akira Ishida
Yusuke Asakawa (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Junpei Tanaka (voice)
Kinryu Arimoto
Seizou Yoshizaki (voice)
Takaya Hashi
Mori (voice)
Takashi Taguchi
Tatsuyoshi Suzuki (voice)
Rica Fukami
Setsuko (voice)
Akiko Yajima
Shinji (voice)
Yuko Mizutani
Sumiko (voice)
Shinobu Satou
Masako Isobe
Masae Suzuki (voice)
Sayuri Ikemoto
Fumiko Yoshizaki (voice)
Mitsuru Miyamoto
Keichi Yoshizaki (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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