Army (1944)

Original title

陸軍

Directed by

Keisuke Kinoshita

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family in Japan faces the emotional strain of sending their son off to war. The story focuses on the mother's devotion and the harsh realities of military service.

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What happens

Army (Japanese: 陸軍, Hepburn: Rikugun) is a 1944 Japanese film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita and starring Chishū Ryū and Kinuyo Tanaka. It is best known for its final scene, which Japanese World War II censors found troubling. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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