In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese Navy attempted one of the most daring and unlikely evacuations in military history. This is that story.
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Omura
So Yamamura
Kawashima
Katsumi Tezuka
Unknown
Shōichi Hirose
Yamashita
Akira Yamada
Officer
Ren Yamamoto
Branch Chief
Jun Funato
Unknown
Takashi Shimura
Military Command president
Jun Tazaki
Akune
Makoto Satō
Commander Amano
Tadao Nakamaru
Kunitomo
Susumu Fujita
Akitani
Kō Nishimura
Staff Officer
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Kudo
Akira Kubo
Tawara
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Terai
Susumu Kurobe
Kato
Sachio Sakai
Kojima
Masaya Nihei
Unknown
Yutaka Sada
Sano
Hisaya Ito
Captain Kiso
Yoshio Inaba
Tamai
Kiyoshi Kodama
Fukumoto
Toshihiko Furuta
Unknown
Shin Ōtomo
Unknown
Tōru Ibuki
Unknown
Chōtarō Tōgin
Unknown
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Unknown
Yutaka Nakayama
Unknown
Tadashi Okabe
Unknown
Nadao Kirino
Unknown
Kazuo Suzuki
Unknown
Yutaka Oka
Miyamoto
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Unknown
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Unknown
Shigeki Ishida
Matsubara
Kunio Otsuka
Shigeki
Wataru Ōmae
Unknown
Haruo Nakajima
Unknown
Crew
Seiji Maruyama
Director
Katsuya Susaki
Screenplay
Masataka Chihaya
Story
Ryôhei Fujii
Editor
Rokurô Nishigaki
Director of Photography
Yoshimitsu Banno
Assistant Director
Yasuyoshi Tami
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Yasuyoshi Tajitsu
Producer
Takeo Kita
Production Design
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
Ikuma Dan
Original Music Composer
Walter Black
Dialogue
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