New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Shintarō KatsuKisaburo Omiya

Takahiro TamuraArita

Joe ShishidoCast

Michiyo YasudaCast

Koichi OseCast

Hideji ŌtakiCast

Jun Takigawa

Jun TakigawaCast

Teruo Matsuyama

Teruo MatsuyamaCast

Gorō Kudan

Gorō KudanCast

Jun KatsumuraCast

Chikara Hashimoto

Chikara HashimotoCast

Yukio HorikitaCast