La Pièce aux murs épais

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 La Pièce aux murs épais 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.

La Pièce aux murs épais was released in 1956 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 110 minutes.