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A grueling Japanese anti-war film about a private in the Phillipines during World War II who turns cannibal while roaming the war-torn countryside.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Embassy Home Entertainment (Firm), Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha
Other Authors: Funakoshi, Eiji, Takizawa, Osamu, Curtis, Mickey, 1938-, Uoka, Shohei
Format: Video VHS
Language:Japanese
Published: Los Angeles, Calif. : Embassy Home Entertainment, [1987?]
Series:International collection.
Janus collection.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Motion pictures and the war.
Feature films.
War films.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Foreign films.
Description
Summary:A grueling Japanese anti-war film about a private in the Phillipines during World War II who turns cannibal while roaming the war-torn countryside.
Item Description:Original Japanese language version, subtitled in English.
Videocassette release of the 1959 motion picture.
Based on a story by Shohei Uoka.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Photographer, Setsuo Kobayashi ; music, Yasushi Akutagawa.