Dokuritsu Kikanjutai Imada Shagekichu

[Machine Translation] [Toho DVD Masterpiece Selection] Selected masterpieces of Toho! 75 years after the end of the war. Eight war-related films are released all at once! The film depicts the battle of the machine gun Tochka, which dared to stand up against the approaching Soviet forces. The Tochka position is located on the Soviet-Manchurian border. A young volunteer soldier is assigned there. In the narrow, concrete encampment, he entrusts his life to a single heavy machine gun and sets out to fight the invading Soviet army. The Soviet army launches a huge tank offensive... A ruthless front-line battle depicted by director Senkichi Taniguchi, who showed his skill in action films such as "The End of the Silver Ridge. The soldiers are surrounded by Soviet troops and driven into a corner, and their existence is sad.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: trailer(s), stills gallery

[東宝DVD名作セレクション] 東宝が誇る名作映画を厳選! 終戦から75年。戦記もの作品8作品一挙リリース! 迫りくるソ連軍に敢然と立ち向かう機関銃トーチカの戦いを描く。ソ満国境に位置するトーチカ陣地。そこへまだ若い志願兵が配属された。コンクリートで固められた狭い陣地の中、一丁の重機関銃に命を託し、ソ連軍の侵攻に立ち向かうことになるが、ソ連軍は戦車を出動させて大攻勢を開始した・・・。『銀嶺の果て』などアクション映画に手腕を発揮した谷口千吉監督が描く、冷酷な最前線の戦い。ソ連軍に包囲され、追い詰められてゆく兵士たちの存在が悲しい。

映像特典: 予告編、スチールギャラリー(静止画)