JAPAN · 1956

The Thick-Walled Room

Masaki Kobayashi
Japanese Golden Age prisoner prison post war japan based on memoir or autobiography crime against humanity
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A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

Year1956
CountryJapan
DirectorMasaki Kobayashi
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