The Thick-Walled Room (1956)
Overview
A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 0.1998 |
Directed By
Masaki Kobayashi
Crew
Masaki Kobayashi
Kimihiko Nakamura
Yûgorô Imai
Mototsugu Komaki
Hideyoshi Hayashi
Masahiro Kosugi
Kazui Nihonmatsu
Hisao Ōno
Takamasa Kobayashi
Shizuo Oosawa
Hiroshi Kusuda
Kazuo Ishihara
Takeshi Ogura
Chūji Kinoshita
Kōbō Abe
Ryozo Toyoshima
Kan Nakamura
TOP CAST
Kō Mishima
Yokota
Torahiko Hamada
Yamashita
Keiko Kishi
Yoshiko
Toshiko Kobayashi
Yamashita's sister
Kinzō Shin
Kawanishi
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Kimura
Eitarō Ozawa
Hamada
Tatsuya Nakadai
(uncredited)
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