No big-budget battle picture, this is a small, intimate chamber of moral horrors. Fukasaku spares neither his characters nor his viewers to deliver a personal anti-war film that indicts an entire social system. People are tested to the breaking point, without meaning or goal except to escape a miserable death. By the end of the story, you are invited to conclude that no one who felt the brunt of the war survived…
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years after the war, she seeks out four survivors of her husband's garrison. Each tells a dramatically different story about her husband's conduct, but she is determined to learn the truth.
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Sachiko Hidari
Sakie Togashi
Tetsuro Tamba
Sergeant Katsuo Togashi
Noboru Mitani
Pvt. Tsuguo Terajima
Sanae Nakahara
Mrs. Ochi
Yumiko Fujita
Tomoko Togashi
Shinjirō Ehara
Lt. Goto
Taketoshi Naitō
Tadahiko Ohashi
Kôichi Yamamoto
Ministry of Health and Welfare
Kan'emon Nakamura
Takeo Senda
Shônosuke Ichikawa
Nobuyuki Ochi
Takeshi Seki
Tomoyuki Akiba
Nenji Kobayashi
Isao Natsuyagi
Private Sakai
Paul Maki
Self
Mugihito
Hachizô Fujikawa
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What is Under the Flag of the Rising Sun about?
A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years after the war, she seeks out…
When was Under the Flag of the Rising Sun released?
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun was released in 1972.
What genres does Under the Flag of the Rising Sun belong to?
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun is categorised as Drama, Mystery, War.
Who stars in Under the Flag of the Rising Sun?
The cast of Under the Flag of the Rising Sun includes Sachiko Hidari, Tetsuro Tamba, Noboru Mitani, Sanae Nakahara, Yumiko Fujita.