The Thick-Walled Room (1956)

Name: The Thick-Walled Room
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1956-10-31
Duration: 110 min
Cast: Torahiko Hamada, Kō Mishima, Tsutomu Shimomoto, Kinzō Shin, Kōji Mitsui

A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

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Released 1956-10-31 · 110 min · Drama, War

Directed by Masaki Kobayashi

Cast

Torahiko Hamada as Yamashita
Kō Mishima as Yokota
Tsutomu Shimomoto as Kimura
Kinzō Shin as Kawanishi
Kōji Mitsui as Nishimura
Yūnosuke Itō as Heo (Korean)
Ryōhei Uchida as Yokota's brother
Toshiko Kobayashi as Yamashita's sister
Ryuji Kita
Keiko Kishi as Yoshiko
Eitarō Ozawa as Hamada
Yūko Mochizuki as Hamada's wife
Unpei Yokoyama as Grandfather
Minoru Ōki as War criminal
Tomo'o Nagai as War criminal