A Pay by the Wayside
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A Pay by the Wayside is a 1938 Japanese war film directed by Tomotaka Tasaka
. It won best film at the 1939 Kinema Junpo Awards and was nominated best film at the 1938 Venice International Film Festival. The film is also known as Five Scouts in the United States.
Tomotaka Tasaka
was a Japanese film director.-Career:Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, he began working at Nikkatsu's Kyoto studio in 1924 and eventually came to prominence for a series of realist, humanist films made at Nikkatsu's Tamagawa studio in the late 1930s such as Robō no ishi and Mud and Soldiers, both of...
. It won best film at the 1939 Kinema Junpo Awards and was nominated best film at the 1938 Venice International Film Festival. The film is also known as Five Scouts in the United States.
Cast
- Hikaru Hoshi
- Ichirô Izawa ... Pvt. Koguchi
- Shirô Izome ... Cpl. Nakamura
- Isamu KosugiIsamu Kosugiwas a Japanese actor and film director.-Career:Born in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, Kosugi first studied at the Nihon Eiga Haiyū Gakkō before joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1925...
... Platoon Leader