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The Thick-Walled Room (1956) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language
1956 · 110 mins · Japanese
Directed by
Masaki Kobayashi
Starring
Tatsuya Nakadai, Takeshi Katô, Keiko Kishi, Kôji Mitsui, Kinzô Shin, Eitarô Ozawa

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.

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