The Thick-Walled Room (1956)

7.2/10 110 min Drama War

Overview

A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

Cast

Kō Mishima

Yokota

Torahiko Hamada

Yamashita

Keiko Kishi

Yoshiko

Toshiko Kobayashi

Yamashita's sister

Kinzō Shin

Kawanishi

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Kimura

Eitarō Ozawa

Hamada

Tomio Aoki

Hiroshi Hijikata

Yūnosuke Itō

Takeshi Katō

Kōji Mitsui

Yūko Mochizuki

Tomo'o Nagai

Asao Sano

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