Movie: New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

Top 10 Billed Cast

Shintarō Katsu
勝新太郎

Kisaburo Omiya

Takahiro Tamura
田村高廣

Arita

Joe Shishido
宍戸錠

Michiyo Yasuda
大楠道代

Koichi Ose
大瀬康一

Hideji Ōtaki
大滝秀治

Jun Takigawa
滝川潤

Teruo Matsuyama
松山照夫

Gorō Kudan
Gorō Kudan

Jun Katsumura
勝村淳

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  • 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.

  • Release Date

    1972-04-22

  • Average

    6.9

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語

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