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5.9A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the war draws to a close, his commanding officers become increasingly desperate and push their men to ever more absurd extremes. The ridiculousness of the orders from above peak when the hero of the story is assigned to drive a one-man submarine straight into the hull of an enemy battleship.
Released: 1968-10-22116 minDir: Kihachi OkamotoComedy, Drama, War
Cast
- Minori Terada as Him
- Naoko Ohtani as The Girl
- Yūnosuke Itō as Skipper
- Hideyo Amamoto as Father of Him
- Masumi Harukawa
- Tanie Kitabayashi
Themes
- world war ii
- satire
- anti war
- human torpedo
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
517 votes
- Year
- 1968
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Kihachi Okamoto
- Screenwriter
- Kihachi Okamoto
- Cast member
- Chishū Ryū
- Composer
- Masaru Sato
- Duration
- 116
- FilmAffinity ID
- 115650
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- publication date
- 1968-10-12
- name in kana
- にくだん
- color
- black-and-white
- title
- 肉弾
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