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New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

6.9 average rating
6.9
Japanese / 92 MIN. / 1972

The Genres

The Synopsis

The story is presented as a voiced-over narrative by Arita (Takahiro Tamura), speaking long after the events of the film. In a remote army base in Manchuria, near the Soviet border, long-serving corporal Arita hates the military and looks forward to the day he may leave. Although a university graduate, he has several times deliberately failed the exam for promotion and thus remains a corporal after four years' service.

The Cast

Shintarō KatsuTakahiro TamuraJoe ShishidoMichiyo YasudaKoichi OseHideji ŌtakiJun TakigawaTeruo MatsuyamaGorō KudanJun KatsumuraChikara HashimotoYukio HorikitaKazuo MortuchiTsuyotake MatsudaKatsuyoshi BabaTamotsu FujiharuIwao KasumiHaruyoshi TakeuchiHiroshi Miki

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