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Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

19726.02h 7m

Overview

Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the last days of World War II.

Directed by Tadashi Imai
Written by Naoyuki Suzuki
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Top Cast

Takeo Chii

Takeo Chii

Katsuhiko Sasaki

Katsuhiko Sasaki

Yoshinaga

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Mayumi Ogawa

Mayumi Ogawa

Hisano Yamaoka

Hisano Yamaoka

Tomoko Naraoka

Tomoko Naraoka

Michiko Araki

Michiko Araki

S

Seiji Endō

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

About Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy is a war film released in 1972. Directed by Tadashi Imai, it stars Takeo Chii, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Rentaro Mikuni. Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the last days of World War II.

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