Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)

Original title

軍旗はためく下に

Directed by

Kinji Fukasaku

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A widow tries to uncover the truth about her husband's death during World War II. She faces government cover-ups and conflicting accounts from his former comrades.

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What happens

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (Japanese: 軍旗はためく下に, Hepburn: Gunki Hatameku Moto ni) is a 1972 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It is based on two of the stories in Yūki Shōji's Naoki Prize-winning short story collection of the same name. The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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