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.
三船敏郎
as Sergeant Kosugi
佐藤允
as Inuyama
団令子
as Oharu
伊藤雄之助
as Mochida
仲代達矢
as Sakuma
天本英世
as Shiga
伊吹徹
as Sanpo
名古屋章
as Nezu
長谷川弘
as Nakano
Kenzaburo Osawa
as Harada
Katsumi Nezu
as Oga
樋浦勉
as Yoshino
