
Japan Release: 1972
Running Time: 96 minutes |
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Japanese Title
軍旗はためく下に
[Gunki Hatameku Motoni]
Distributor: Production:
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Toho
Toho / Shinsei Eigasha |
Sergeant Katsuo Togashi was executed in New Guinea during World War II. The reported cause was desertion, although Sakie his wife believes otherwise. Once a year, on the anniversary of Japan's defeat, Sakie Togashi travels to Tokyo. She hopes to clear her husband's name, so that he might be honored in the Emperor memorial service. Her persistence gets her a list of men who served in the same battalion as her fallen husband. She then proceeds to track them down to learn the truth. However, she slowly discovers their interpretations of the events are far from the same...
Live Action
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