New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line Poster

New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

Not Rated

Starring: Shintarō Katsu, Takahiro Tamura, Joe Shishido, Michiyo Yasuda, Koichi Ose

Writer: Yorichika Arima, Masatoshi Tojo, Yasuzō Masumura

Release Date:
April 22, 1972
Ratings:
6.9 / 10
Director:
Yasuzō Masumura
Companies:
Katsu Production

Overview

The story is presented as a voiced-over narrative by Arita (Takahiro Tamura), speaking long after the events of the film. In a remote army base in Manchuria, near the Soviet border, long-serving corporal Arita hates the military and looks forward to the day he may leave. Although a university graduate, he has several times deliberately failed the exam for promotion and thus remains a corporal after four years' service.