Overview

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

Shintarō Katsu

Kisaburo Omiya

Takahiro Tamura

Arita

Joe Shishido

Michiyo Yasuda

Koichi Ose

Hideji Ōtaki

Jun Katsumura

Yukio Horikita