Five Scouts

Overview

An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A company commander calls on five men. They are to reconnoiter, but on their way they are attacked. Only four of them return. While his companions mourn the fifth straggles back. Soon after comes the order to move out for a general attack. The men know that this time there will be no returning." (Donald Richie)

Cast

Isamu Kosugi
Isamu Kosugi
Unit Commander Okada
Bontarō Miake
Bontarō Miake
Sergeant Fujimoto
Ichirō Izawa
Ichirō Izawa
Private Kiguchi
Shirô Izome
Shirô Izome
Private Nakamura
Toshinosuke Nagao
Private Endo
Hikaru Hoshi
Hikaru Hoshi
Private Nagano
Toshimasa Inoue
Private Masaki
Kiyoshi Watabe
Private Inoue
Mantarō Ushio
Mantarō Ushio
Private Tanaka
Haruhiko Nishi
Corporal Yasuda
Enji Satô
Military doctor
Ryôichi Kikuchi
Messenger

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