Under the Flag of the Rising Sun Movie Review 1972

A grieving widow (Hidari) is determined to find the truth behind her husband's court martial and execution on the New Guinea front during the final days of World War II. Interviewing surviving members of her husband's garrison, she encounters conflicting testimonies that form a heart-breaking tapestry of wartime atrocity and desperate measures taken for survival. Subtitled.

Distribution

Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, Phone: (818)407-9100, Email: inquiries@image-entertainment.com, URL: http://www.image-entertainment.com

Available on DVD
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Japan, World War II, Military Crimes & Trials, Widows & Widowers

Screenplay

Kinji Fukasaku, Kaneto Shindo, Norio Osada

Cast

Sachiko Hidari, Tetsuro Tamba, Kanemon Nakamura, Noboru Mitani, Sanae Nakahara

Cinematography

Hiroshi Segawa

Director

Kinji Fukasaku

Music

Hikaru Hayashi