Rikugun Zangyaku Monogatari

[Machine Translation] Why did they have to kill their superior officers? This DVD release is the first in a line of Toei war stories exposing the unknown reality of the Imperial Army, which was rife with private punishment and violence. Yashichi Inumaru, who was called up as a substitute soldier, enlisted in the "4491st Inui" in the spring of 1944. A humble man from a poor farming village, his physical strength was his only merit. After tearfully parting with Ume, Private Inumaru was assigned to Shinada Company, 6th Internal Affairs Squadron, where he faithfully served his country in body and soul. However, the pure-hearted Private Inumaru was occasionally assaulted and ridiculed not only by his superiors but also by his fellow soldiers.... Set in the Internal Affairs Unit of the Army's Home Army, this unique epic tells the brutal story of a soldier who is forced to lose his humanity in the name of "absolute obedience". New print component master, picture label.

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何故上官を殺さねばならなかったのか! 私刑と暴行に乱れた帝国陸軍の知られざる実状を暴く東映戦記路線の第一弾作品のDVD化。補充兵として召集された犬丸弥七は、昭和19年の春、「乾第四四九一部隊」に入隊した。貧しい農村出身で、躰の丈夫さだけが取り柄の地味な男だが、犬丸にとって只一つの心残りは、最愛の女房・ウメだった。ウメと涙ながらに別れ、品田中隊、第六内務班に配属された犬丸二等兵は、身も心もお国のためにと軍務に忠実に服従。だがすべてに純な犬丸は、折に触れて上官はもとより、同年兵にまでも暴行や嘲笑を浴びるのだった・・・。陸軍の内地部隊の内務班を舞台に、"絶対服従" の名の下に人間性の喪失を強いられる "兵" の残虐物語が展開する異色大作。ニュープリント・コンポーネントマスター、ピクチャーレーベル仕様。