Mt. Hakkoda (2014 film)

Mt. Hakkoda (ドキュメンタリー八甲田山, Documentary Hakkōda san) is a 2014 film about the Hakkōda Mountains incident. It is based on the non-fiction book Tragedy in a Blizzard by Koshu Ogasawara.

Mount Hakkoda
Film poster
Directed bySatoshi Miyata
Screenplay bySatoshi Miyata
Story byKoshu Ogasawara
Produced byPaulo Vicario
Francesco Colussi
Satoshi Miyata
StarringTakahito Arai
Seiji Kawada
Yuma Sato
Yuta Moriya
CinematographyMasaaki Ogushi
Music byChikuzan Takahashi
Release date
  • April 26, 2014 (2014-04-26)
Running time
88 minutes
CountriesJapan
Italy
LanguageEnglish

Cast

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  • Atsushi Takahashi as Lt.Colonel Tsugawa
  • Seiji Kawada as Major Yamaguchi
  • Takahito Arai as Captain Kannari
  • Akinori Sumiyoshi as Lieutenant Ito
  • Katsuhiko Tanabe as Second Lieutenant Mikami
  • Taichi Ishida as Medical Officer Nagai
  • Yuma Sato as Corporal Obara
  • Yuta Moriya as Corporal Fusanosuke Goto
  • Makoto Sasaki as Corporal Muramatsu
  • Toshiya Toya as Corporal Oikawa
  • Hitoshi Hasegawa as Village Elder
  • Amy Kubo as Sachiyo Goto (Cpl Goto's wife)

Production

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The scenes in which the 5th Infantry Regiment gradually lose their way were filmed on location in the Hakkōda Mountains. Most of the victims died at Narusawa on January 25, their second day bivouacking in the snow. Scenes set there were shot on site at exactly the same day and time, and the entire cast and crew offered a silent prayer for the victims.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Interview with Director of Mt.Hakkoda". Asahi Shimbun. 2014.
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