Westward Desperado (1960)

Original title

独立愚連隊西へ

Directed by

Kihachi Okamoto

Genre

war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of Japanese soldiers find themselves stranded behind enemy lines during World War II. They must fight their way through hostile territory to survive.

tenseaction-packedgrittyfast-paceddramaticvisceral

What happens

『独立愚連隊西へ』（どくりつぐれんたいにしへ）は、日本の戦争映画。岡本喜八監督原案の『独立愚連隊シリーズ』の2作目であるが、前作とのつながりはない。加山雄三の初主演作である。モノクロ、シネマスコープ、パースペクタ立体音響。同時上映は、佐伯幸三監督の『唄祭ロマンス道中』（宝塚映画）。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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