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Strong
MASTER SCORE 60.4 / 100
1968·Drama / War / Comedy·1h 56m

THE HUMAN BULLET

“Kamikaze funeral pyre”

A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the war draws to a close, his commanding officers become increasingly desperate and push their men to ever more absurd extremes. The ridiculousness of the orders from above peak when the hero of the story is assigned to drive a one-man submarine straight into the hull of an enemy battleship.

Above the Line
Kihachi Okamoto·DirectorKihachi Okamoto·WriterHiroshi Murai·Director of PhotographyMasaru Satō·Original Music ComposerYoshihiro Araki·Editor
Cast
Minori Terada·HimNaoko Ohtani·The GirlYūnosuke Itō·SkipperHideyo Amamoto·Father of HimMasumi HarukawaTanie KitabayashiSue MitobeTatsuya Nakadai·NarratorIchirō NakataniShoichi Ozawa
Full Crew
(7 credits)
Directing· 1
Kihachi Okamoto·Director
Writing· 1
Kihachi Okamoto·Writer
Camera· 1
Hiroshi Murai·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Yoshihiro Araki·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Masaru Satō·Original Music Composer
Art & Design· 1
Iwao Akune·Production Design
Production· 1
Kazuo Baba·Producer
By the Numbers
60.4
OF 100
Master Score
7.3
OF 10
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