Listen to the Voices of the Sea

Listen to the Voices of the Sea (日本戦歿学生の手記　きけ、わだつみの声, Nippon senbotsu gakusei no shuki: Kike wadatsumi no koe) is a 1950 black-and-white Japanese war drama film directed by Hideo Sekigawa and based on the best-seller Listen to the Voices from the Sea.

Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Theatrical poster for Listen to the Voices of the Sea (1950)
Directed byHideo Sekigawa[1]
Produced byShigeru Okada
Music byAkira Ifukube
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • June 15, 1950 (1950-06-15)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Japanese soldiers in screenshot of Listen to the Voices of the Sea.

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The film is located to Burma. It shows the everyday problems of soldiers in contrast of their ideas and the cynicism of their commanders. Soldiers are also victims of military bullying by their commanders.

Cast
  • Hajime Izu (伊豆肇)
  • Yasumi Hara (原保美)
  • Akitake Konō (河野秋武)
  • Kinzō Shin (信欣三)
  • Haruko Sugimura (杉村春子)
  • Yuriko Hanabusa (英百合子)
  • Yōichi Numata (沼田曜一)
  • Sōji Kamishiro (上代勇吉)
  • Kōichi Hayashi (林孝一)
  • Kyōsuke Tsuki (月京介)
  • Toshio Takahara (高原駿雄)
  • Kazuo Tokito (時田一男)
  • Tokue Hanazawa (花沢徳衛)
  • Yoshio Ōmori (大森義夫)
  • Shōzō Inagaki (稲垣昭三)
  • Tamotsu Kawasaki (河崎保)
  • Kiichi Sugi (杉義一)
  • Asao Sano (佐野浅夫)
  • Kazuo Masabuchi (増淵一夫)
  • Shōichi Onjō (恩庄正一)
  • Tadashi Suganuma (菅沼正)
  • Jirō Kozaki (小崎次郎)
  • Kieko Sawamura (沢村契恵子)
  • Kōichi Fujima (藤間広一)

DVD release

The 2009 Czech DVD release rated some material in the film inappropriate for children under 15 (motion picture rating system in the Czech Republic).

See also

References
  1. Infobox data from 日本戦歿学生の手記　きけ、わだつみの声 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-06. and Kike wadatsumi no koe: Nippon senbotsu gakusei shuki on IMDb


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