DVD
The thick-walled room = Kabe atsuki heya
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Languages
In Japanese, with English subtitles.
Performers
Kō Mishima, Torahiko Hamada, Keiko Kishi, Toshiko Kobayashi, Kinzō Shin, Tsutomu Shimomoto.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Among the first Japanese films to deal directly with the scars of World War II, this drama about a group of rank-and file Japanese soldiers jailed for crimes against humanity was adapted from the diaries of real prisoners.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the writings of B- and C-class war criminals.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.