Plots(1)
The summer of 1945. As a "human bullet" of the Kamikaze Unit, 21-year-old "he" is inside a drum with a torpedo. While he waits, he looks back on a short adolescence, reminiscing on the harsh training, a friendly bookstore, and a girl he loved. A complement to The Emperor and a General, and based on personal experience, Okamoto comically portrays the stupidity of war as well as the sentiments of youth. Though filmed on a low budget as an independent production, the tone of the 16mm image, the dry and humorous monologues and the surreal beach scene etc. create a unique effect. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Yoshitaka Zushi
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Red Beard (1965)
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)
Masumi Harukawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Zatoichi's Cane-sword (1967)
Intentions of Murder (1964)
菅井きん
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
High and Low (1963)
This Transient Life (1970)
Chishû Ryû
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
The Human Bullet (1968)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi: The Festival of Fire (1970)
The Human Bullet (1968)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Shôichi Ozawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Silence Has No Wings (1966)
Revenge (1964)
寺田農
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Natsu no niwa - The Friends (1994)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
田中邦衛
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi: The Festival of Fire (1970)
The Human Bullet (1968)
Sanjuro (1962)
富永美沙子
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Samurai Wolf (1966)
Gate of Flesh (1964)
北林谷栄
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Etsushi Takahashi
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
The Human Bullet (1968)
Zatoichi at Large (1972)
Naoko Ôtani
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Zatoichi at Large (1972)
Dear Friends (2007)
Hideyo Amamoto
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Fort Graveyard (1965)
Samurai Assassin (1965)
Noriko Mihashi
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Masao Imafuku
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Ichirô Nakatani
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Battle of Okinawa (1971)
Yûnosuke Itô
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Sanjuro (1962)
Fort Graveyard (1965)
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi (1989)
Shogun (1980) (series)