Ghost in the Regiment

1958 1h 15m JA

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 1

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Synopsis

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Desiring another officer’s new wife, a military police lieutenant fabricates evidence of treason that consigns the innocent man to torture and a firing squad. The lieutenant rapes the wife, but is haunted by bad dreams which after he is assigned to a battalion with the victim’s brother.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Shigeru Amachi
Lieutenant Namishima
Shoji Nakayama
Sergeant Tazawa
Naoko Kubo
Akiko Tazawa
Akira Nakamura
Yōko Mihara
Koran
Fumiko Miyata
Shizu Tazawa
Arata Shibata
Fujio Murakami
MP Sergeant Takahashi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nobuo Nakagawa
Writers: Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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68 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa, shot by Tadashi Nishimoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yoshi Eguchi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Toshio Goto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Shigeru Amachi and Shoji Nakayama and Naoko Kubo carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0230409 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Nobuo Nakagawa directs. Tadashi Nishimoto behind the camera. Yoshi Eguchi scores. Toshio Goto cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
268 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa, shot by Tadashi Nishimoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Yoshi Eguchi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Toshio Goto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Shigeru Amachi and Shoji Nakayama and Naoko Kubo carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0230409 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.