Mount Hakkoda (1977 film)

Mt. Hakkoda (八甲田山, Hakkōda-san) is a 1977 Japanese film directed by Shirō Moritani. Based on the novelist Jirō Nitta's recounting of the Hakkōda Mountains incident, the film tells the story of two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army, consisting of 210 men, that tried to traverse Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902, in preparation for the anticipated Russo-Japanese War. The film was Japan's submission to the 50th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Cast

Shōgo Shimada as General Tomoda

Ken Takakura as Captain Tokushima

Hideji Otaki as Colonel Nakabayashi

Kin'ya Kitaōji as Captain Kanda

Tetsurō Tanba as Colonel Kojima

Rentarō Mikuni as Major Yamada

Komaki Kurihara as Hatsuko Kanda (Captain Kanda's wife)

Akira Hamada as Lieutenant Tanabe

Mariko Kaga as Taeko Tokushima (Captain Tokushima's wife)

Yuzo Kayama as Captain Kurata

Kumiko Akiyoshi as Sawa Takiguchi (Guide)

Kenichi Kato as Second Lieutenant Takahata

Ren Ebata as Apprentice officer Funayama

Kohei Takayama as Apprentice officer Nagao