The Hoodlum Soldier (1965)

Original title

兵隊やくざ

Directed by

Yasuzō Masumura

Genre

war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 4 voters

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 former yakuza and a failed officer candidate serve together in the Japanese army during World War Two. The film follows their uneasy bond as they navigate the brutalities and absurdities of military life.

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What happens

The Hoodlum Soldier (Japanese: 兵隊やくざ, Hepburn: Heitai Yakuza) is a Japanese film directed by Yasuzo Masumura. The Hoodlum Soldier was the first of a series of nine films that followed two soldiers, Kisaburo Omiya (Shintaro Katsu), a former yakuza who has become a soldier, and Arita (Takahiro Tamura), an intellectual from a good family who has deliberately failed the officer examination. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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