Italy / Dec 20, 1984 / TV premiere
3h 5min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Yoshio Inaba | Kosuke Ijichi |
| Katsutoshi Atarashi | |
| Jirô Chiba | |
| Jun Funato | Jiro Shirai |
| Torahiko Hamada | Naoharu Osako |
| Hiroshi Kondō | Hisanao Oshima |
| Ichirō Izawa | Harunobu Tomoyasu |
| Isao Tamagawa | Kanemoto Matsumura |
| Hiroshi Nawa | Satoru Nakamura |
| Hisashi Yokomori | Mitsuharu Tsuchiya |
| Shosei Muto | |
| Akira Hamada | Jiro Oba |
| Michirō Minami | |
| Koichi Kitamura | |
| Shirô Kimura | Koreshige Tsunoda |
| Hirohisa Nakata | |
| Hiroshi Minami | Sergeant |
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Genres
WarDramaHistory
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 二百三高地 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | Pусский, 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Toei Company |
| Release date | 2 agosto 1980 |
| Production | Shigeru Okada |
| Writer | Kazuo Kasahara |
| Editing | Kiyoaki Saitō |
| Cinematography | Masahiko Iimura, Mitsuo Katô |
| Assistant directors | Akinori Baba, Toshio Masuda |
| Lighting | Shigeru Umetani |
| Camera operators | Masahiko Iimura, Mitsuo Katô |
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| Additional photography | Masahiko Iimura, Mitsuo Katô |
| Production design | Hiroshi Kitagawa |
| Art direction | Hiroshi Kitagawa |
| Set decoration | Hiroshi Kitagawa |
| Special effects | Teruyoshi Nakano |
| Visual effects | Teruyoshi Nakano |
| Music | Akihiko Takashima, Hiroyoshi Munakata, Ryuzo Iwafuji, Naozumi Yamamoto |
| Sound | Hiroyoshi Munakata, Ryuzo Iwafuji, Naozumi Yamamoto, Akihiko Takashima |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Japan / Aug 02, 1980
United States / Mar 20, 1981
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