
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.


“Kamikaze funeral pyre”
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the war draws to a close, his commanding officers become increasingly desperate and push their men to ever more absurd extremes. The ridiculousness of the orders from above peak when the hero of the story is assigned to drive a one-man submarine straight into the hull of an enemy battleship.

Minori Terada
Him

Naoko Ohtani
The Girl

Yūnosuke Itō
Skipper

Hideyo Amamoto
Father of Him

Masumi Harukawa

Tanie Kitabayashi
Sue Mitobe

Tatsuya Nakadai
Narrator

Ichirō Nakatani

Shoichi Ozawa
The Human Bullet is a comedy, drama, war film released in 1968 exploring themes of satire, anti war, human torpedo. Directed by Kihachi Okamoto, it stars Minori Terada, Naoko Ohtani, Yūnosuke Itō. A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the war draws to a close, his commanding officers become increasingly desperate and push their men to ever more absurd extremes. The ridiculousness of the orders from above peak when the hero of the story is assigned to drive a one-man submarine straight into the hull of an enemy battleship.
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