Five Scouts 1938

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)

Cast

Isamu Kosugi

Bontarō Miake

Ichirō Izawa

Shirô Izome

Toshinosuke Nagao

Hikaru Hoshi

Toshimasa Inoue

Kiyoshi Watabe

Mantarō Ushio

Haruhiko Nishi

Enji Satô

Ryôichi Kikuchi

Ryuji Kita