Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once was the military band. Kosugi must somehow prepare his inept soldiers for the rigors of combat.

Sergeant Kosugi

Inuyama

Oharu

Mochida

Sakuma

Shiga

Sanpo

Nezu

Harada

Yoshino

Deguchi

Acting
September 18, 1965

Sergeant Kosugi

Inuyama

Oharu

Mochida

Sakuma

Shiga

Sanpo

Nezu

Harada

Yoshino

Deguchi

Acting
