Mud and Soldiers

Directed by Tomotaka Tasaka

With Yûji Azuma, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Shigeo Araki, Isamu Kosugi and Shirô Izome

A group of Japanese soldiers land in Chinese territory. They advance on a village ; one soldier, Norimoto, is killed in the attack, but the village is captured. Norimoto’s body is recovered and buried. Over the next two days, the soldiers advance inland. Two more soldiers, Naito and Takahashi, are injured. They remain behind to recover, but vow to catch up. Their comrades march on...