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Mount Hakkoda

1977 · 169 min

A long, grim slog through snow and duty, numbing and quietly devastating as the cold closes in.

Directed by: Shirō Moritani
Genres: Drama, History
Starring: Ken Takakura, Hideji Ōtaki, Kinya Kitaoji

Overview: Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia.

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Directed by: Shirō Moritani
Genres: Drama, History
Starring: Ken Takakura, Hideji Ōtaki, Kinya Kitaoji

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
war
death
isolation
loyalty
Places: wilderness
military
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama, history
Directed by: Shirō Moritani
Written by: Shinobu Hashimoto
Starring: Ken Takakura, Hideji Ōtaki, Kinya Kitaoji, Tetsuro Tamba, Rentaro Mikuni, Komaki Kurihara, Akira Hamada, Mariko Kaga
Music: Yasushi Akutagawa
Cinematography: Daisaku Kimura
Runtime: 169 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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