Burning Mountain River

(1984)

★ 8 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1984

Runtime: 45 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 山崎豊子

Cast: Мацумото Хакуо II, Тосиро Мифунэ, 沢田研二, 児玉清, Тосиюки Нисида, 多岐川裕美

Plot

The three Amaba brothers are second-generation Japanese Americans, whose allegiances are torn by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Determined to show his loyalty to his adopted country, Isamu volunteers for the U.S. Army and is shipped off to fight in Europe. A second brother, studying in Japan at the outbreak of hostilities, is conscripted to fight against the Americans as a Japanese soldier. The third brother Kenji (Matsumoto) avoids conflict by enlisting as a military interpreter, in which capacity he witnesses the war crimes trials that followed Japan's defeat.