The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi (1940)
2h 16m
Running Time
December 1, 1940Release Date
The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi (1940)
2h 16m
Running Time
December 1, 1940Release Date
Plot.
Following a young man through his childhood ambition to follow his father into the military to losing his life in combat in China.
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Cast & Crew.
Ken Uehara
Nishizumi, Lieutenant
Shozaburo Abe
Ida, Superior Private
Munenobu Aburai
Fujitaki, Private 1st Class
Shin Saburi
Hosoki, Commander
Shôtarô Fujimatsu
Fujimura, Private 2nd Class
Toshiaki Konoe
Takanashi, Company Commander
Ichiro Kodama
Inagawa, Adjutant
Chiematsu Hanamura
Matsuoka, Superior Private
Details.
Wiki.
The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi (西住戦車長伝, Nishizumi senshachō den), a.k.a. The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi, is a 1940 Japanese war film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. It is based on a true story of the Sino-Japanese war involving Japanese war hero Kojirō Nishizumi, commander in the First Tank Regiment. To make the film, Yoshimura toured the actual battlefields in China.