Etajima, the Naval Academy (1959)

Original title

海軍兵学校物語 あゝ江田島

Directed by

Mitsuo Murayama

Genre

war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 45m

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young man enters the Naval Academy at Etajima in 1942, where he endures harsh training as war escalates. He notices that a fellow cadet and his instructor's sister have romantic feelings for each other.

patrioticsentimentalearnestdramaticslow-pacedmelancholicbittersweethistorical

What happens

『海軍兵学校物語 あゝ江田島』（かいぐんへいがっこうものがたり ああえたじま）は、1959年（昭和34年）9月6日に日本で公開された映画。製作・配給は大映。カラー、大映スコープ（ワイド）。上映時間は105分。 昭和17年、江田島の海軍兵学校に入学した石川竜太郎は、戦争の激化とともに厳しい訓練を受けていた。そんな中、石川は同期の村瀬と教官の妹である由美子が相思相愛であることに気づく。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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