The Battle of Port Arthur
The Battle of Port Arthur (Japanese: 二百三高地, Hepburn: Ni hyaku san kochi) is a 1980 Japanese war film directed by Toshio Masuda.[1][2] The Japanese title "Ni hyaku san kochi" means 203 Hill.[3] The film depicts the fiercest battles in Siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War 1904 - 1905.[2][4]
| The Battle of Port Arthur | |
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| Directed by | Toshio Masuda. |
| Screenplay by | Kazuo Kasahara |
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| Narrated by | Taketoshi Naitō |
| Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto |
| Distributed by | Toei |
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Running time | 185 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Nogi Maresuke
- Tetsuro Tamba as Kodama Gentarō
- Teruhiko Aoi as Koga Takeshi
- Kenji Niinuma as Kinoshita
- Toshiyuki Nagashima as Nogi Yasusuke
- Makoto Satō as Ushiwaka Toratarō
- Isao Tamagawa as Matsumura Kanetomo
- Hiroshi Nawa as Nakamura Satoru
- Yoko Nogiwa as Nogi Sizuko
- Masako Natsume as Matsuo Sachi
- Shigeru Kōyama as Yamagata Aritomo
- Shigeru Amachi as Kaneko Kentarō
- Nobuo Kawai as Komura Jutarō
- Yoshio Inaba as Ijichi Kōsuke
- Kastutoshi Arata as Ainoda
- Kunio Murai as Oki Teisuke
- Akihiko Hirata as Nagaoka Gaishi
- Go Wakabayashi as Kamiizumi Tokuya
- Kayo Matsuo as Empress Shōken
- Hisaya Morishige as Itō Hirobumi
- Toshirō Mifune as Emperor Meiji
Staff
- Planning: Kiyoshi Koda, Kanji Amao, Hiroko Ota, Tsuneo Seto
- Screenplay: Kazuo Kasahara
- Photography: Masahiko Iimura
- Special Effects Director: Akinori Nakano
- Sound Recordist: Hiroyoshi Sokata
- Lighting: Shigeru Umeya
- Production Designer: Hiroshi Kitagawa
- Chief Assistant Director: Akinori Baba
- Editor: Kiyoaki Saito
- Sound Effects: Ryuzo Iwafuji
- Record: Shigeko Katsuhara
- Mito: Shinosuke Ogata
- Device: Shigeharu Yasawa
- Decoration: Yasuji Igarashi
- Special Effects: Ohira SFX
- Acting office: Mitsuo Yamada
- Cosmetics: Mamoru Inoue, Kinue Suetake
- Beauty: Takako Miyajima
- Costume: Fukusaki Seigo
- Tattoo: Ryoji Kasumi
- Advertiser: Shun Sakamoto, Hachio Yamamoto
- Stills Photography: Mitsuo Kato
- Russian Language Instructor: Mariko Nabeya
- Dialect guidance: Kazuya Takeo, Kenji Isomura
SFX Unit
Photography: Takao Tsurumi Lighting: Masakuni Morimoto Art Director: Yasuyuki Inoue Optical Photography: Takeshi Miyanishi Animation Produced by: Toei Animation Film Processing: Toei Labotech Chief of Operations: Michio Ishikawa
Music Recording Staff
Directed and Conducted by: Naozumi Yamamoto Music: Akihiko Takashima Performed by: New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Produced by: Free Flight Records, Oz Music Released Thru: Warner Pioneer
Special Thanks
Narrator: Taketoshi Naito
Planning Cooperation
- Ryuzo Sejima, Shiro Hara, Masataka Chihaya
Costume production
- Tokyo costume Cooperation
- Oshima Onsen Hotel
- Fujita Tourism Oshima Kowakien
- Oshima Town Hall
- Oshima Branch of Tokyo
- Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- Book Publishing Edition
- Photo Book Russo-Japanese War
- Chuo Nogikai
- Nogi Shrine
- Group Himawari
- Toei Actor Center
Produced in Association with
- Toho Eizo Art
Honors
Japan Academy Film Prize
- Won:Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Tetsuro Tamba[2]
23rd Blue Ribbon Awards
- Won: 1981: Blue Ribbon Awards: Best Actor - Tatsuya Nakadai
- Won: 1981: Blue Ribbon Awards: Best Supporting Actor - Tetsuro Tamba