A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
September 18, 1965
Original Title:
血と砂
Alternate Titles:
Chi to suna
Fort Graveyard
Genres:
Drama | War
Production Companies:
Mifune Productions
TOHO
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 132
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.
Associate Producer:
Toshirō Mifune
Director:
Kihachi Okamoto
Director of Photography:
Rokurô Nishigaki
Editor:
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Original Music Composer:
Masaru Satō
Producer:
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Production Design:
Iwao Akune
Screenplay:
Susumu Saji
Kihachi Okamoto
Sound:
Yoshio Nishikawa
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