Regie:
Yasuzo MasumuraScenario:
Ryûzô KikushimaCamera:
Setsuo KobayashiMuziek:
Naozumi YamamotoActeurs:
Shintarô Katsu, Takahiro Tamura, 淡路恵子, Mikio Narita, 山茶花究, Asao Uchida, Akira Natsuki, Kôji FujiyamaSamenvattingen(1)
Vehement anti-militarism was a recurrent theme in Masumura’s work, and Hoodlum Soldier is his most disparaging take on the subject – a sardonic attack on Japan’s imperialism and the classist, hierarchical military system. This buddy comedy centers on the unlikely friendship that develops between Kisaburo, a hell-raising ex-yakuza gangster unwillingly turned into a military soldier (Shintarô Katsu, star of the Zatoichi series) and Arita (Takahiro Tamura), a meek pacifist intellectual, as they venture to find a way out of the army. Shot with a vivid realism uncommon in Masumura’s films, Hoodlum Soldier is a precursor to Robert Altman’s M*A*S*H: an uproariously funny, immensely entertaining war picture that champions survival and individualism over hollow patriotism. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(meer)Acteurs
Shintarô Katsu
Japan
Beste films:
Zatóiči abare himacuri (1970)
Zatóiči (1989)
Zatoichi no uta ga kikoeru (1966)
Takahiro Tamura
Japan
Beste films:
Adauči (1964)
Nidžúši no hitomi (1954)
Ókami jo rakudžicu o kire (1974)
淡路恵子
Japan
Beste films:
Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki (1960)
Čúšingura: Hana no maki – juki no maki (1962)
Nora inu (1949)
Mikio Narita
Japan
Beste films:
Gojókiba: Oni no Hanzó jawahada koban (1974)
Heitai yakuza (1965)
山茶花究
Japan
Beste films:
Tengoku to džigoku (1963)
Ningen no jôken I (1959)
Jódžinbó (1961)
Asao Uchida
Beste films:
Kozure Ôkami: Kowokashi udekashi tsukamatsuru (1972)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Kohajagawake no aki (1961)
Akira Natsuki
Japan
Beste films:
Nobi (1959)
Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru (1961)
Kuro no tesuto kaa (1962)
Kôji Fujiyama
Japan
Beste films:
Zatóiči čikemuri kaidó (1967)
Zatóiči keššótabi (1964)
Shinobi no mono (1962)