Five Scouts

Five Scouts 1938 Directed by Tomotaka Tasaka 五人の斥候兵

An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A company commander calls on five men. They are to reconnoiter, but on their way they are attacked. Only four of them return. While his companions mourn the fifth straggles back. Soon after comes the order to move out for a general attack. The men know that this time there will be no returning." (Donald Richie)

Country Japan

Production Country Japan

Language Japanese

Spoken Language Japanese

Gneres Drama , War

Production Company Nikkatsu Corporation

Release Date 7 January 1938

70 mins