The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi (1940)

Original title

西住戦車長伝

Directed by

Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 16m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a film about a Japanese tank commander in the Sino-Japanese War. It follows his actions and leadership based on a true story.

patrioticsolemninspirationalhistoricalstraightforwarddramaticearneststirring

What happens

The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi (Japanese: 西住戦車長伝, Hepburn: Nishizumi senshachō den), a.k.a. The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi, is a 1940 Japanese war film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. It is based on a true story of the Sino-Japanese War involving Japanese war hero Kojirō Nishizumi, commander in the First Tank Regiment. To make the film, Yoshimura toured the actual battlefields in China. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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