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Port Arthur (1980)

Port Arthur (1980)

Drama History War
Release Date: 1980, August 2
Directors: Toshio Masuda
Countries: Japan
Production: Toei Company
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Tatsuya Nakadai, Hisaya Morishige, Tetsuro Tamba, Akira Hamada, Akihiko Hirata, Torahiko Hamada, Shigeru Kōyama, Yoshirō Aoki, Isao Tamagawa, Masashi Ishibashi

Overview:

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.

Keywords:

japan china korea japanese army 1900s russian army meiji period manchuria russo-japanese war port arthur