About
Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once was the military band. Kosugi must somehow prepare his inept soldiers for the rigors of combat.
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TOHO, Mifune Productions
Original Title
血と砂
Original Language
Japanese
Cast
Full credits →T
Toshirō Mifune
Sergeant Kosugi
M
Makoto Satō
Inuyama
R
Reiko Dan
Oharu
Y
Yūnosuke Itō
Mochida
T
Tatsuya Nakadai
Sakuma
H
Hideyo Amamoto
Shiga
T
Tōru Ibuki
Sanpo
A
Akira Nagoya
Nezu
H
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Nakano
K
Kenzaburo Osawa
Harada
B
Ben Hiura
Yoshino
A
Akira Nishikawa
Tsuboi
S
Shigeru Kinami
Chin
K
Keiichi Taki
Sugiyama
K
Kôji Uno
Inamoto
S
Shigeo Katō
Deguchi
N
Nadao Kirino
T
Toku Ihara
K
Kazuo Suzuki
S
Shin Ibuki
