The Thick-Walled Room
壁あつき部屋
1956 · 1h 50m · Drama, War · Japan
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.
Directed by
Masaki KobayashiWritten by
Kōbō Abe6.3Smart score
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based on memoir or autobiographycrime against humanitypost war japanprisonprisoner
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