After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his old life, he faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his men sneak behind enemy lines.

Tatsuya Nakadai
as Kaji

Michiyo Aratama
as Michiko

Tamao Nakamura
as Hinannmin no Shôjo

Yūsuke Kawazu
as Terada Nitôhei

Chishū Ryū
as Hinanmin no Chôrô

Taketoshi Naitō
as Tange Ittôhei

Kyôko Kishida
as Ryûko

Reiko Hitomi
as Umeko

Keijirō Morozumi
as Hironaka Gôchô

Koji Kiyomura
as Hikita Ittôhei