Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once was the military band. Kosugi must somehow prepare his inept soldiers for the rigors of combat.
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“Their lives were short, but their music will live on forever.”
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Tatsuya Nakadai
Sakuma