New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

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New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line (1972)

Directed by Yasuzō Masumura

· 1h 32m

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.

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Cast

Shintarō Katsu Kisaburo Omiya Takahiro Tamura Arita Joe Shishido Michiyo Yasuda Koichi Ose Hideji Ōtaki
J
Jun Takigawa
T
Teruo Matsuyama
G
Gorō Kudan Jun Katsumura
C
Chikara Hashimoto Yukio Horikita

Crew

Director
Yasuzō Masumura
Screenplay
Masatoshi Tojo, Yasuzō Masumura
Novel
Yorichika Arima
Director of Photography
Setsuo Kobayashi
Original Music Composer
Kunihiko Murai
Editor
Toshio Taniguchi
Producer
Shintarō Katsu

Details

Original title
新兵隊やくざ 火線
Release date
1972-04-22
Runtime
1h 32m
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Katsu Production, TOHO