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1950 in film

The year 1950 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 15 - Walt Disney Studios' animated film Cinderella debuts.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:*Ambush...

 black-and-white Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese war drama film directed by Hideo Sekigawa and based on the best-seller Listen to the Voices from the Sea.

This film is strongly anti-war film

Anti-war film

An anti-war film is a film that emphasizes the pain, horror, and human costs of armed conflict. While some films criticize armed conflicts in a general sense, others focus on acts within a specific war, such as the use of poison gas or the genocidal killing of civilians . Some anti-war films such...

. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The film is located to Burma. It shows the everyday problems of soldiers in contrast of their ideas and the cynicism

Cynicism

Cynicism , in its original form, refers to the beliefs of an ancient school of Greek philosophers known as the Cynics . Their philosophy was that the purpose of life was to live a life of Virtue in agreement with Nature. This meant rejecting all conventional desires for wealth, power, health, and...

 of their commanders. Soldiers are also victims of military bullying by their commanders.

Cast

• Hajime Izu 
• Yasumi Hara 
• Akitake Konō 
• Kinzō Shin 
• Haruko Sugimura
  Haruko Sugimura
  was a Japanese stage and film actress, best known for her appearances in the movies of Yasujiro Ozu and Mikio Naruse from the late 1940s to the early 1960s...
  
   
• Yuriko Hanabusa 
• Yōichi Numata
  Yoichi Numata
  Yoichi Numata was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 27 films between 1949 and 2001.-Selected filmography:* The Princess Blade * Ring * Jigoku * Man in the Storm...
  
   
• Sōji Kamishiro 
• Kōichi Hayashi 
• Kyōsuke Tsuki 
• Toshio Takahara 
• Kazuo Tokito 
• Tokue Hanazawa 
• Yoshio Ōmori 
• Shōzō Inagaki 
• Tamotsu Kawasaki 
• Kiichi Sugi 
• Asao Sano 
• Kazuo Masabuchi 
• Shōichi Onjō 
• Tadashi Suganuma 
• Jirō Kozaki 
• Kieko Sawamura 
• Kōichi Fujima 

DVD release

The 2009 Czech DVD release rated some material in the film inappropriate for children under 15 (motion picture rating system in the Czech Republic).