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Fort Graveyard (1965)

Fort Graveyard (1965)

Drama Comedy War

Their lives were short, but their music will live on forever.

Release Date: 1965, September 18
Directors: Kihachi Okamoto
Countries: Japan
Production: TOHO, Mifune Productions
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Kôji Uno, Shigeo Katō, Tatsuya Nakadai, Makoto Satō, Akira Nagoya, Ben Hiura, Yūnosuke Itō, Hideyo Amamoto, Reiko Dan, Tōru Ibuki, Hiroshi Hasegawa

Overview:

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.