Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
仲代達矢
as Maresuke Nogi
あおい輝彦
as Takeshi Koga
Kenji Niinuma
as
湯原昌幸
as Kikumatsu Umetani
佐藤允
as
永島敏行
as Yasusuke Nogi
長谷川明男
as
稲葉義男
as Kosuke Ijichi
新克利
as
矢吹二朗
as
船戸順
as Jiro Shirai
浜田寅彦
as Naoharu Osako
