Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once was the military band. Kosugi must somehow prepare his inept soldiers for the rigors of combat.

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Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Sergeant Kosugi

Makoto Satō

Inuyama

Reiko Dan

Oharu

Yūnosuke Itō

Mochida

Tatsuya Nakadai

Sakuma

Hideyo Amamoto

Shiga

Tōru Ibuki

Sanpo

Akira Nagoya

Nezu

Kenzaburo Osawa

Harada

Ben Hiura

Yoshino

Shigeo Katō

Deguchi

Nadao Kirino