The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

1987 · 122 MIN · IMDB 8.1 · 2,225 VOTES · DIR. Kazuo Hara

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On poster

Overview

Kenzo Okuzaki, a 62-year-old veteran of the New Guinea campaign in World War II, sets out to conduct interviews with survivors and relatives to find the truth behind atrocities committed while the Japanese garrison was surrounded, in particular the unexplained killing of two Japanese privates in his unit.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,548 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 A Shisso Production

00:06:22 I'm glad you called.

00:13:10 obey Communist laws...

00:18:33 We were in the same unit.

00:27:07 Yes, I should have.

00:31:58 - So there was an order. - I believe so.

00:36:28 Stop it!

00:41:08 If it hadn't been discovered, there would be no execution.

00:45:33 Be kind to us.

00:49:42 Please tell us the truth.

00:54:11 I'll compensate for the loss of business, if necessary.

00:58:22 They were the same rank, no?

01:02:57 Not Japanese soldiers. I don't know.

01:07:46 It's difficult to say, but I think Koshimizu was to blame.

01:12:32 A good friend of mine, Makoto Endo, is a lawyer in Tokyo.

01:17:10 It was my responsibility to take my men home and I did my best.

01:21:40 by the time I was called in. And I asked why.

01:25:45 Thanks for coming.

01:30:26 Mr. Oshima here...

01:35:06 There is no punishment.

01:39:35 I had operations.

01:43:54 yet I wasted ten years thinking of self-interest like an ordinary man

01:48:55 - There were five of us left. - Five?

01:54:12 I think my wife injury is worse.

Cast & Characters

Kenzo Okuzaki Self Riichi Aikawa Self Masaichi Hamaguchi Self Toshio Hara Self Shichiro Kojima Self Masao Koshimizu Self Taro Maruyama Self Toshiya Nomura Self Shizumi Okuzaki Self Eizaburo Oshima Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,548

Dialogue density12.7 lines / min

First line00:00:00

Final line01:54:12

Production Record

DirectorKazuo Hara

LanguageJapanese

Budget$222,000

IMDb votes2,225