When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha and later rescuing her from committing suicide, Col. Miyagi allows her to move in with him. Over time, the two grow close, but in spite of Kaoru's growing feelings for him, Col. Miyagi is unable to bring himself to return her love. On the night of his deployment to war, Col. Miyagi finally admits his feelings for Kaoru, but will they ever be able to enjoy a peaceful life together now that a very violent and bloody military revolt is under way...
Cast
Ken Takakura
Keisuke Miyagi
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Kaoru Mizoguchi
Masakane Yonekura
MP Sergeant Major Shima
Junko Sakurada
Yoko Takami
Takahiro Tamura
Unknown
Takashi Shimura
Unknown
Kunie Tanaka
Unknown
Ryūnosuke Kaneda
Unknown
Shin Kishida
Unknown
Tonpei Hidari
Unknown
Asao Koike
Unknown
Yūsuke Kawazu
Unknown
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Hideo Mizoguchi
Akira Nishikino
Unknown
Rokkō Toura
MP Captain Abe
Bin Amatsu
Unknown
Tomoe Hiiro
Unknown
Akira Kume
Kinzo Mizoguchi
Zenpei Saga
Unknown
Nenji Kobayashi
Sergeant Harada
Hiroshi Kondō
Unknown
Akira Oda
Unknown
Seiji Endō
Unknown
Shogen Nitta
Unknown
Hirohisa Nakata
Unknown
Ryuta Kashiwagi
Unknown
Kazunaga Tsuji
Unknown
Shu Wada
Unknown
Yuusuke Jin
Lieutenant Tachihara
Jun Takigawa
Lieutenant Iwasaki
Kojiro Oka
Lieutenant Katayama
Shin Saito
Lieutenant Kumagai
Tatsumi Ishihara
Lieutenant Seto
Retsu Mori
Lieutenant Ishikawa
Shu Morita
Lieutenant Yamazaki
Katsuhiro Fukuda
Unknown
Yoshio Adachi
Lieutenant Adachi
Akio Kobori
Unknown
Hiroshi Tanaka
Unknown
Tetsuya Yamaoka
Unknown
Hiroshi Nawa
Unknown
Tetsuo Morishita
Unknown
Akira Hamada
Unknown
Takuji Aoki
Unknown
Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama
Unknown
Shunya Wazaki
Unknown
Kako Yoshimura
Unknown
Kyoko Shinobazu
Unknown
Yuko Setsu
Unknown
Mizuho Wada
Unknown
Kai Ato
Veteran A
Teruo Shimizu
Veteran B
Chū Takatsuki
Veteran C
Kōji Sawada
Veteran D
Shigeru Aoki
Veteran E
Shigeru Yamada
Veteran F
Tatsuya Kameyama
Unknown
Hiroyuki Inaba
Signaller
Koji Miemachi
Unknown
Iwao Dan
Officer A
Toyonori Murazoe
Veteran G
Hiroki Oshima
Veteran H
Akira Sera
Prime Minister Inukai
Motoo Noguchi
Minister of Finance
Takeshi Yamamoto
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Zenichi Inagawa
Grand Chamberlain
Susumu Kurobe
Navy Lieutenant B
Ichirō Shimizu
Unknown
Genji Kawai
Unknown
Minoru Umezawa
Unknown
Jirō Sagawa
Procurer
Gōzō Sōma
Unknown
Sakae Yamaura
Unknown
Osamu Kimura
Man in business suit
Kosuke Nakatsuka
Unknown
Toshi Akiyama
Unknown
Kōichi Yamada
Unknown
Gorō Naya
Announcer
Kei Satō
Narrator (voice)
Crew
Shirō Moritani
Director
Nobuo Yamada
Screenplay
Takeo Toda
Editor
Hanjirō Nakazawa
Director of Photography
Shinichiro Sawai
Assistant Director
Masuhiro Hirokami
Sound Recordist
Yasunojo Kawasaki
Lighting Technician
Shigeaki Saegusa
Original Music Composer
Katsu Hoshi
Music Director
Hidenori Taga
Music Producer
Shuichiro Nakamura
Art Direction
