Five Scouts (1938)

Original title

五人の斥候兵

Directed by

Tomotaka Tasaka

Genre

war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 13m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A squad of Japanese scouts is sent on a dangerous mission during the Sino-Japanese War. The film follows their preparations and the return of only a few men.

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What happens

Five Scouts (五人の斥候兵, Gonin no sekkōhei) is a 1938 Japanese war film directed by Tomotaka Tasaka. It won best film at the 1939 Kinema Junpo Awards and was nominated best film at the 1938 Venice International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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