This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The film is located to Burma. It shows the everyday problems of soldiers in contrast of their ideas and the cynicism of their commanders. Soldiers are also victims of military bullying by their commanders.
Writing | Kazuo Funahashi | Screenplay |
Lighting | Haruo Nakayama | Lighting Technician |
Crew | Hisashi Kase | Sound Recordist |
Crew | Shigeji Nakayama | Sound Recordist |
Art | Choshiro Katsura | Art Direction |
Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
Art | Ryozo Nishimura | Assistant Art Director |
Editing | Katsumi Kawai | Assistant Editor |
Lighting | Hiroshi Watada | Lighting Production Assistant |
Directing | Hideo Sekigawa | Director |
Directing | Tadahiro Ozawa | Assistant Director |
Directing | Ryosuke Nagashio | Assistant Director |
Camera | Shinkichi Otsuka | Director of Photography |
Camera | Nagaki Yamagishi | Director of Photography |
Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
Production | Mitsuo Makino | Producer |
Directing | Yasutaro Yagi | Script Supervisor |