Bôrô no kesshitai

1943
1h 35m

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The story centres around a border security team in 1935 Korea. Upon receiving new recruits they hold a welcome party including a restaurant owner and his daughter. The border's commander has... Read allThe story centres around a border security team in 1935 Korea. Upon receiving new recruits they hold a welcome party including a restaurant owner and his daughter. The border's commander has a wife (Hara Setsuko) who helps deliver a neighbour's baby. One day a border guard is kil... Read allThe story centres around a border security team in 1935 Korea. Upon receiving new recruits they hold a welcome party including a restaurant owner and his daughter. The border's commander has a wife (Hara Setsuko) who helps deliver a neighbour's baby. One day a border guard is killed by a Chinese bandit who is hiding in the area. The dead man's sister comes to visit an... Read all

Director
- Tadashi Imai
Writers
- Yasutarô Yagi
- Yûsaku Yamagata
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5.8/10

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Director
- Tadashi Imai
Writers
- Yasutarô Yagi
- Yûsaku Yamagata
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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How Much Humor Could I Expect From A Movie With "Suicide" In The Title?

It's 1935, and Minoru Takada is in command of a post just south of the Yalu River. Manchuria is under Japanese control, but there is no shortage of bandits, some of whom are placed in the village.

Given the situation, I thought of John Ford's Cavalry trilogy, with its pawky humor, hints of romance, and deeds of derring-do. There's none of that here, except for acts of desperate courage during the inevitable bandit attack on the post, while the ammunition runs out, and people get ready to kill their women lest relief not arrive like the cavalry. Of course, this is directed by Tadashi Imai, who would direct the memorably despairing KOME. It does, however, point out the need for occasional relief from death, betrayal, bad news from home and other miseries.