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Five Scouts

59% | Jan 07, 1938 | War, Drama

An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A company commander calls on five men. They are to reconnoiter, but on their way they are attacked. Only four of them return. While his companions mourn the fifth straggles back. Soon after comes the order to move out for a general attack. The men know that this time there will be no returning." (Donald Richie)

Featured Crew

Tomotaka Tasaka
Director
Tomotaka Tasaka
Original Story

Cast

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Isamu Kosugi
Unit Commander Okada
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Bontarō Miake
Sergeant Fujimoto
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Ichirō Izawa
Private Kiguchi
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Shirô Izome
Private Nakamura
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Toshinosuke Nagao
Private Endo

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