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- A.k.a.
- The Battle of Kwanakajima
- Year
- 1941
- Runtime
- 120 min.
- Director
- Teinosuke Kinugasa
- Genre
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monty
This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the main supply wagons and the supply troops to transport materiel to the Uesugi.
Set in the 16th century, the film depicts the preparations for the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima and the battle itself. Unusually, it focuses on the trials and tribulations of the men of the huge supply train needed for the army and its hundreds of horses. Hasegawa plays Hyakuzo, one of these men, while Isuzu Yamada is a travelling woman with whom he builds a relationship. Shingen Takeda (played by Denjiro Okochi) and Kenshin Uesugi (Ennosuke Ichikawa) lead the rival armies. The film builds up to the dramatically-filmed battle with hundreds of extras. The famous attack by Uesugi who penetrates the enemy headquarters and wields his sword against Takeda who fends him off with his battle fan, is just one of the incidents shown. 2 years 2 months ago