Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

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Play Time: 96 mins
Drama, Mystery, War
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

Overview:
A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years after the war, she seeks out four survivors of her husband's garrison. Each tells a dramatically different story about her husband's conduct, but she is determined to learn the truth.

Original Title:軍旗はためく下に
Status: Released (1972-03-12)
Awards:2 nominations
Screen:Kinji Fukasaku, Norio Osada, Kaneto Shindô
Productions: TOHO, Shinsei Eigasha
Production Countries: Japan
Spoken Languages: 日本語
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
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No big-budget battle picture, this is a small, intimate chamber of moral horrors. Fukasaku spares neither his characters nor his viewers to deliver a personal anti-war film that indicts an entire social system. People are tested to the breaking point, without meaning or goal exce ....

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