Five Scouts

Story

Synopsis

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, a five-man reconnaissance unit is dispatched to scout enemy positions in a volatile territory. After a sudden and intense firefight, the group is separated, leaving the survivors to wait in agonizing suspense at their outpost.

Director

Tomotaka Tasaka

Writers

Tomotaka Tasaka, Yoshirō Aramaki

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Release date

7 January 1938

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Isamu Kosugi

  Unit Commander Okada

• 

  Bontarō Miake

  Sergeant Fujimoto

• 

  Ichirō Izawa

  Private Kiguchi

• 

  Shirô Izome

  Private Nakamura

• Toshinosuke Nagao

  Private Endo

• 

  Hikaru Hoshi

  Private Nagano

• Toshimasa Inoue

  Private Masaki

• Kiyoshi Watabe

  Private Inoue

• 

  Mantarō Ushio

  Private Tanaka

• Haruhiko Nishi

  Corporal Yasuda

• Enji Satô

  Military doctor

• Ryôichi Kikuchi

  Messenger