Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
Original title: 軍旗はためく下に
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun is a 1972 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Kinji Fukasaku, with a running time of 1h 36m. It stars Sachiko Hidari, Tetsuro Tamba and Noboru Mitani.
A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years after the war, she seeks out four survivors of her husband's garrison. Each tells a dramatically different story about her husband's conduct, but she is determined to learn the truth.
Cast
- Sachiko Hidari as Sakie Togashi
- Tetsuro Tamba as Sergeant Katsuo Togashi
- Noboru Mitani as Pvt. Tsuguo Terajima
- Sanae Nakahara as Mrs. Ochi
- Yumiko Fujita as Tomoko Togashi
- Shinjirō Ehara as Lt. Goto
- Taketoshi Naitō as Tadahiko Ohashi
- Kôichi Yamamoto as Ministry of Health and Welfare
- Kan'emon Nakamura as Takeo Senda
- Shônosuke Ichikawa as Nobuyuki Ochi
- Takeshi Seki as Tomoyuki Akiba
- Nenji Kobayashi