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The Walking Major (1970)
Directed by Keith Larsen
“In wartime he fought! In peactime he walked!”
Drama, War · 2h 16m
U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan, gambling with U.S. servicemen in order to raise funds to rebuild an orphanage. Suspicious of Allen's motives, a Japanese newsman, Hiroshi Kitabayashi, traces the American's background until he discovers the motive behind Allen's long walk.
Cast
Yūjirō Ishihara
Kitabayashi Hiroshi
Frank Sinatra Jr.
Jimmy Dixon
Dina Merrill
Kelly Allen
Dale Robertson
Major Clark J. Allen
Toshirō Mifune
Kinugasa Tadao
Michiyo Aratama
Mother Yamada
Keith Larsen
Captain White
Linda Purl
Rose Allen
Ruriko Asaoka
Setsuko Takiguchi
Mayumi Nagisa
village daughter
Arihiro Fujimura
Frank Choe
Frankie Sakai
Crew
- Director
- Keith Larsen
- Screenplay
- Vincent Fotre, Kengo Inomata
- Director of Photography
- Yûji Okumura, Mitsuji Kanau
- Original Music Composer
- Naozumi Yamamoto
- Editor
- Shiro Watanabe
- Producer
- Kikumaru Okuda, Yūjirō Ishihara
Details
- Original title
- ある兵士の賭け
- Release date
- 1970-06-06
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- English, Japanese
- Countries
- Japan, United States of America
- Production
- Ishihara Productions, Shochiku
- Budget
- $800,000