Beyond the Hills
大虐殺
1960 · 1h 34m
Thriller, Drama, History
On September 1, 1923, an unprecedented earthquake hit the Kanto region. The streets are filled with victims, and rumors are circulating around. The military seized the opportunity to round up and kill many socialists, anarchists, and Koreans, culminating in the arrest and murder of Sakae Osugi. His comrades and students are outraged by this atrocity. The young man Furukawa also becomes stronger in his determination to overthrow the military...
Shigeru Amachi, Noriko Kitazawa, Toshio Hosokawa, Yōichi Numata, Shinsuke Mikimoto, Ryuji Wakamiya, Kôichi Miya, Kazuki Nishi, Yōzō Takamura, Masao Takamatsu
japan, earthquake, massacre, taisho period, great kantō earthquake, disaster aftermath, post-war chaos