Five Scouts

Overview

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)

Director: Tomotaka Tasaka

Cast

Isamu Kosugi

Unit Commander Okada

Bontarō Miake

Sergeant Fujimoto

Ichirō Izawa

Private Kiguchi

Shirô Izome

Private Nakamura

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Toshinosuke Nagao

Private Endo

Hikaru Hoshi

Private Nagano

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Toshimasa Inoue

Private Masaki

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Kiyoshi Watabe

Private Inoue

Mantarō Ushio

Private Tanaka

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Haruhiko Nishi

Corporal Yasuda