Bloody History of Soldiers

A historical film that portrays the fervent and violent actions of young Army and Navy officers, such as the February 26 and May 15 incidents, in a semi-documentary style.

Cast

Toshio Hosokawa

as Hashimoto Kingoro

Yutaka Maki

as Yoshiro Sakata

Yuji Munakata

as Hiroshi Nemoto

Shūji Kawabe

Kōtarō Sugie

as Isamu Cho

Tetsuro Tamba

as Shumei Okawa

Shinsuke Mikimoto

as Asaichi Isobe

Ken Utsui

as Teruzo Ando

Fujio Murakami

as Kurihara Yasuhide

Asao Matsumoto

as Shiro Nonaka

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