Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Teruhiko Aoi, Kenji Niinuma, Masayuki Yuhara, Makoto Satō, Toshiyuki Nagashima
Crew: Toshio Masuda (Director), Kazuo Kasahara (Screenplay), Shigeru Okada (Producer), Masahiko Iimura (Director of Photography), Shigeru Umetani (Lighting Technician), Hiroshi Kitagawa (Art Direction)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語, Pусский
Studio: Toei Company
Runtime: 185 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 02, 1980
IMDb: 3.4
Keywords:japan, china, manchuria, russian army, japanese army, meiji period, 1900s, russo-japanese war, korea, port arthur
