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The Thick-Walled Room
The Thick-Walled Room

The Thick-Walled Room

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A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

110 mins

Rating

7.1/10

Release Date

31 October 1956

Country

Japan

Cast

Kō Mishima

Kō Mishima

Yokota

Torahiko Hamada

Torahiko Hamada

Yamashita

Keiko Kishi

Keiko Kishi

Yoshiko

Toshiko Kobayashi

Toshiko Kobayashi

Yamashita's sister

Kinzō Shin

Kinzō Shin

Kawanishi

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Kimura

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Hamada

Tomio Aoki

Tomio Aoki

Toshirō Hayano

Toshirō Hayano

Hiroshi Hijikata

Hiroshi Hijikata

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Ryuji Kita

Ryuji Kita

Shinichirō Minami

Shinichirō Minami

Kōji Mitsui

Kōji Mitsui

Yūko Mochizuki

Yūko Mochizuki

Tomo'o Nagai

Tomo'o Nagai

Asao Sano

Asao Sano

Tsuneko Sasaki

Tsuneko Sasaki

Toshio Shimamura

Toshio Shimamura

Isao Suenaga

Isao Suenaga

Shozo Suzuki

Shozo Suzuki

Eiko Takamatsu

Eiko Takamatsu

Norikazu Takeda

Norikazu Takeda

Hisashi Taki

Hisashi Taki

Jun Tanizaki

Jun Tanizaki

Ryōhei Uchida

Ryōhei Uchida

Jun Yokoyama

Jun Yokoyama

Unpei Yokoyama

Unpei Yokoyama

Shoichi Kofujita

Shoichi Kofujita

Binnosuke Nagao

Binnosuke Nagao

Shōbun Inoue

Shōbun Inoue

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

(uncredited)

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