The Human Bullet
“Kamikaze funeral pyre”
1968•1h 56m•5.9•Released
ComedyDramaWar
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the war draws to a close, his commanding officers become increasingly desperate and push their men to ever more absurd extremes. The ridiculousness of the orders from above peak when the hero of the story is assigned to drive a one-man submarine straight into the hull of an enemy battleship.
Director
Kihachi Okamoto
Writer
Kihachi Okamoto
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Art Theatre Guild
Cast
Minori Terada
Him
Naoko Ohtani
The Girl
Yūnosuke Itō
Skipper
Hideyo Amamoto
Father of Him
Masumi Harukawa
Tanie Kitabayashi
Sue Mitobe
Tatsuya Nakadai
Narrator
Ichirō Nakatani
Shoichi Ozawa
Chishū Ryū
Bookstore Man
Kunie Tanaka
Shinsuke Achiwa
Masao Imafuku
Kin Sugai
Production
Company
Art Theatre Guild
Producer
Kazuo Baba
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