Snow in the South Seas

1961•1h 42m

ComedyDramaWar

Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endure the extremely difficult conditions.

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Production

Tokyo Eiga

Language

Status

Released

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Region US · Lang EN

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Cast

Daisuke Katō

Ichirō Arishima

Norihei Miki

Kenji Sahara

Kokinji Katsura

Kō Nishimura

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Masao Oda

Takashi Shimura

Junzaburō Ban

Hisaya Morishige

Keiju Kobayashi

Tatsuya Mihashi

Frankie Sakai

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