New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line (1972)

7.1/10 92 min

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.

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Kisaburo Omiya

Takahiro Tamura

Arita

Joe Shishido

Michiyo Yasuda

Koichi Ose

Hideji Ōtaki

Jun Katsumura

Yukio Horikita

Recommendations

Return
Emperor
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Outside the Wire
All for Love
In a World...
Mine
An Adventure in Space and Time
Mercy
Purple Hearts
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Major Payne
A Mouthful of Air
Act of Violence
One Million Yen Girl
The Safety of Objects
The Machine
Shara
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Fear the Night