Fort Graveyard

血と砂
1965 132 min Drama · War · Comedy

Their lives were short, but their music will live on forever.

Here's a war movie that's also a bit of a goof. A demoted sergeant gets sent to whip a band of musical misfits into fighting shape in China at the tail end of WWII. It's a comedy that doesn't forget to be sad, which is a neat trick.

Directed by Kihachi Okamoto · Written by Kihachi Okamoto, Susumu Saji

Starring Toshirō Mifune, Makoto Satō, Reiko Dan, Yūnosuke Itō, Tatsuya Nakadai, Hideyo Amamoto

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