Toho
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Home Vision Entertainment)
The widow of a soldier executed in WWII searches for explanations over 20 years after the war is over. Government bureaucrats give her a list of men who may have known him. During her visits to them they tell her various horror stories from the war, not always directly about her husband. However, one of them finally admits to knowing the truth which gives her some closure. The plot is episodic: the series of war stories do not always relate to one another. They are told in black and white, except for a couple of violent scenes which burst into color and slow motion: action cliches which undermine Fukasaku's attempt at a serious war drama.
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