The Bad Soldier

The Bad Soldier
Theatrical poster to The Bad Soldier
Directed by	Kiyoshi Saeki[1] (佐伯清)
Produced by	Kōji Shundō (俊藤浩滋) Norimichi Matsudaira (松平乗道)
Written by	Isao Matsumoto (松本功) Motohiro Torii (鳥居元宏)
Music by	Isao Tomita (富田勲)
Cinematography	Jūhei Suzuki (鈴木重平)
Editing by	Kōzō Horiike (堀池幸三)
Distributed by	Toei
Released	September 18, 1968
Running time	91 min.
Preceded by	Return of the Outlaw (1968)
Followed by	Matteita gokudō (1969)
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The Bad Soldier or A Profligate Soldier (兵隊極道, Heitai gokudō) is a 1968 film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki.^[1] It is the third film in the Gokudō series. In this episode, set in 1937, the main character of the series is drafted into the military.^[2]

CastEdit

• Tomisaburō Wakayama (若山富三郎) ... Seikichi Shimamura^[2][3]
• Hiroshi Nawa (名和宏) ... Keima Sakamaki
• Junko Miyazono (宮園純子) ... Chikako Sakamaki
• Reiko Ōshida ... Hideyoshi
• Tomiko Ishii (石井トミコ) ... Kaoru Wakaba
• Shingo Yamashiro (山城新伍) ... Ginzō Takemoto
• Kōtarō Satomi (里見浩太朗) ... Yutaka Nagai
• Shin Tokudaiji (徳大寺伸) ... Tenmondai
• Masaru Shiga (志賀勝) ... Circus
• Bunta Sugawara (菅原文太) ... Hōchō
• Nobuo Yana (八名信夫) ... Genkotsu
• Iwao Dan (団巌) ... Taiboku
• Jūkei Fujioka (藤岡重慶) ... Colonel Watanabe
• Minoru Hodaka (穂高稔) ... Lieutenant Kitamura
• Kenji Ushio (潮健児) ... Sergeant Minami
• Bin Amatsu (天津敏) ... Major Yoshioka
• Kinjirō Tōyama (遠山金次郎) ... Provost Sergeant Tachibana
• Michimaro Otabe (小田部通麿) ... Sergeant Major Ōishi
• Kōzaburō Shirakawa (白川浩三郎) ... Corporal Suzuki
• Nobuo Kaneko (金子信雄) ... Takechiyo Sakakibara
• Akira Shioji (汐路章) ... Hide
• Ryō Nishida (西田良) ... Okagura-Yoshi
• Reiichi Hatanaka (畑中伶一) ... Nobukō
• Kōji Sekiyama (関山耕司) ... Ba Jiko
• Etsuko Matsubara (松原恵津子) ... Hanako
• Minken Karasawa (唐沢民賢) ... Guard Commander
• Fumio Terauchi (寺内文夫) ... Gendarme

BibliographyEdit

• Cowie, Peter (editor) (1977). World Filmography 1968. London: Tantivy Press. pp. 374-375. ISBN 0-904208-36-2.
• "Heitai gokudo (1968)" at the Internet Movie Database
• "兵隊極道" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
• "兵隊極道" (in Japanese). Kinema Jumpo. Retrieved 2011-02-13.

NotesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "兵隊極道" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Cowie, Peter (editor) (1977). World Filmography 1968. London: Tantivy Press. pp. 374-375. ISBN 0-904208-36-2.
3. ↑ "兵隊極道" (in Japanese). Kinema Jumpo. Retrieved 2011-02-13.