Listen to the Voices of the Sea (1950)
1h 49m
Running Time
June 15, 1950Release Date
Listen to the Voices of the Sea (1950)
1h 49m
Running Time
June 15, 1950Release Date
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Plot.
This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The film is located to Burma. It shows the everyday problems of soldiers in contrast of their ideas and the cynicism of their commanders. Soldiers are also victims of military bullying by their commanders.
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Cast & Crew.
Hideo Sekigawa
Director
Shigeru Okada
Producer
Shigeru Okada
Producer
Akira Ifukube
Composer
Hisashi Kase
Sound Recordist
Yasutaro Yagi
Script Supervisor
Shintarō Miyamoto
Editor
Nagaki Yamagishi
Director of Photography
Choshiro Katsura
Art Direction
Kazuo Funahashi
Screenplay
Shigeji Nakayama
Sound Recordist
Hiroshi Watada
Lighting Production Assistant
Mitsuo Makino
Producer
Shinkichi Otsuka
Director of Photography
Haruo Nakayama
Lighting Technician
Ryozo Nishimura
Assistant Art Director
Katsumi Kawai
Assistant Editor
Tadahiro Ozawa
Assistant Director
Ryosuke Nagashio
Assistant Director
Yuriko Hanabusa
Yōichi Numata
Yukichi Kamishiro
Kōichi Hayashi
Kyosuke Tsuki
Details.
Release DateJune 15, 1950
Original Name日本戦歿学生の手記 きけ、わだつみの声
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 49m
Genres
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Wiki.
Listen to the Voices of the Sea (Japanese: 日本戦歿学生の手記 きけ、わだつみの声, romanized: Nippon senbotsu gakusei no shuki: Kike wadatsumi no koe, lit. 'Notes from fallen Japanese Student Soldiers: Listen to the Voices from the Sea') is a 1950 Japanese anti-war film directed by Hideo Sekigawa. It is based on the 1949 best-selling book Listen to the Voices from the Sea (Kike wadatsumi no koe), a collection of letters by Japanese student soldiers killed in World War II. The first post-war Japanese film to feature battle scenes, it was also a big success with domestic cinema audiences.