IMDB Info
Year: 1972
Rating: 7.8
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Tetsurô Tanba, Sachiko Hidari, Shinjiro Ebara
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, War
Plot: Searing indictment of war and the individuals discredited in its aftermath. Directed by the masterful Kinji Fukasaku, it is a harsh, bleak work that uses monochrome flashbacks with occasional explosions of color, war photographs, and grim narration to tell a terrible tale. Sachiko Hidari, a war widow, has spent twenty-six years searching for the truth about her husband's death. Was he executed? Was he a deserter? Was he a hero? As the government adheres to an official, flawed version of events, the stubborn woman seeks her own answers by speaking to the men who served with her husband. The stories told by these damaged soldiers comprise the bulk of the movie and accounts are complicated by each man's "truth".



Tag: 1972, Drama, History, Mystery, War