Escape at Dawn (1950)

Original title

暁の脱走

Directed by

Senkichi Taniguchi

Genre

drama, war

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 56m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A soldier and a prostitute start a tragic affair during the Manchurian campaign. The war and their circumstances put their relationship under constant pressure.

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What happens

Escape at Dawn (Japanese: 暁の脱走, Hepburn: Akatsuki no Dassō) is a 1950 Japanese anti-war film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi. Co-written by Taniguchi and Akira Kurosawa, the film is based on Story of a Prostitute by Taijiro Tamura. The film revolves around a tragic affair between a soldier involved in the Manchurian campaign and a prostitute. The film received two awards at the Mainichi Film Concours and was later remade by Seijun Suzuki at Nikkatsu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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