The Thick-Walled Room

The Thick-Walled Room
1956
★★★★☆ 7.1/10
⏱️ 110 min
📅 Released
🌐 JA
DramaWar
A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

Where to Watch (US)

Stream

Criterion Channel

Cast

Kō Mishima
Kō Mishima
Yokota
Torahiko Hamada
Torahiko Hamada
Yamashita
Keiko Kishi
Keiko Kishi
Yoshiko
Toshiko Kobayashi
Toshiko Kobayashi
Yamashita's sister
Kinzō Shin
Kinzō Shin
Kawanishi
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Kimura

Crew

Director
Masaki Kobayashi
Writer
Kōbō Abe
Producer
Takeshi Ogura

Production

Shochiku, Shinei Productions

Keywords

prisonprisonerbased on memoir or autobiographypost war japancrime against humanity