The Thick-Walled Room

You wake to a concrete cell in a Japanese military prison post-WWII. Rank-and-file privates share the space, each a scapegoat for the war’s unspoken guilt. The walls mute their voices but not their fear. Post-war Japan refuses to look at them.

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Masaki Kobayashi directed The Thick-Walled Room in 1956. See Masaki Kobayashi's full filmography, where to start with Masaki Kobayashi, or where to go after you've seen everything by Masaki Kobayashi.

The Thick-Walled Room was released in 1956 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 110 minutes.