Army (1944)

Review: Army (1944)

Director: Keisuke Kinoshita

Cast: Chishū Ryū, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eijirō Tōno, Ken Uehara, Ken Mitsuda,

Chishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū
Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno
Ken Uehara
Ken Uehara
Ken Mitsuda
Ken Mitsuda

Plot: A Japanes widow raises her sickly son to be strong enough to join the army and fight on the front lines of WW2.

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Subverting propaganda:</br><i>Keisuke Kinoshita and World War II</i>

Subverting propaganda:Keisuke Kinoshita and World War II

Criterion’s latest Eclipse release opens a window on a previously little-seen world: the Japanese home front during World War 2 as depicted under oppressive regulations during the war. The great Keisuke Kinoshita managed to inject elements […]

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