The School of Spies (1966)

Original title

陸軍中野学校

Directed by

Yasuzō Masumura

Genre

drama, war

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 5 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 young officer enters a real WWII Japanese spy training school. His girlfriend becomes a spy too, and the war's tragedy unfolds through their opposing roles.

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What happens

『陸軍中野学校』（りくぐんなかのがっこう）は、1966年公開の日本映画。監督：増村保造、製作・配給：大映。主演：市川雷蔵。『陸軍中野学校シリーズ』の第1作。 戦前から戦中にかけて実在した大日本帝国陸軍のスパイ養成機関・陸軍中野学校の学生となった青年将校と、彼を追ううちに彼らと戦うスパイになっていく恋人を主人公に、戦争の悲劇を描く。それまで時代劇を中心に活躍していた市川雷蔵が、時代劇以外のジャンルに主演として出演した異色作である。興業的にも成功し、その後5作にわたりシリーズ化された（後述）。 封切り時の併映作品は『酔いどれ博士』。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.