Movie

チョコレートと兵隊

(ja)

1938

1h13m

チョコレートと兵隊

War

Drama

Overview: Chocolate and Soldiers (チョコレートと兵隊, Chokorēto to Heitai) is a 1938 Japanese war film directed by Sato Takeshi and one of the most effective Japanese propaganda films of the late 1930s. The American director Frank Capra said of Chocolate and Soldiers "We can't beat this kind of thing. We make a film like that maybe once in a decade. We haven't got the actors. It shows the common Japanese soldier as an individual and as a family man, presenting even enemy Chinese soldiers as brave individuals. It is considered to be a "humanist" film, paying close attention to the human feelings of both the soldier and his family. Cinema theorist Kate Taylor-Jones suggests that Chocolate and Soldiers provided "a vision of the noble, obedient and honourable Japanese army fighting to defend the emperor and Japan.

Status: Released

Release date: November 30, 1938

Countries of origin: Japan,

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Production company:
  • Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.

Top Cast

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kiyoshi Hosoi

Kiyoshi Hosoi

Yuko Ichinose

Yuko Ichinose

Masaru Kodaka

Masaru Kodaka

Shiro Konishi

Shiro Konishi

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