
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his old life, he faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his men sneak behind enemy lines.


A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.

Kichiemon Nakamura II
平田一郎

Ken Utsui
冈野大尉

Kōjirō Hongō
荒木中尉

Jun Fujimaki
前川大尉

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
山下六助

Eiko Azusa
地主家小姐明子

Sei Hiraizumi
森下下士

Sachiko Murase
平田房代

Reiko Kasahara
阿信

Masayuki Mori
井上成美
Gateway to Glory is a war film released in 1969 exploring themes of japan, soldier. Directed by Mitsuo Murayama, it stars Kichiemon Nakamura II, Ken Utsui, Kōjirō Hongō. A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.
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