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Mt. Hakkoda (2014 film)
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Wikipedia article
is a 2014 film based on the documentary novel 'Tragedy in a Blizzard' by Koshu Ogasawara.
Cast
* Atsushi Takahashi as Lt.Colonel Tsugawa
* Seiji Kawada as Major Yamaguchi
* Takahito Arai as Captain Kannari
* Akinori Sumiyoshi as Lieutenant Ito
* Katsuhiko Tanabe as Second Lieutenant Mikami
* Taichi Ishida as Medical Officer Nagai
* Yuma Sato as Corporal Obara
* Yuta Moriya as Corporal Fusanosuke Goto
* Makoto Sasaki as Corporal Muramatsu
* Toshiya Toya as Corporal Oikawa
* Hitoshi Hasegawa as Village Elder
* Amy Kubo as Sachiyo Goto (Cpl Goto's wife)
Production
The scenes in which the 5th Infantry Regiment gradually lose their way were filmed on location in the Hakkoda Mountains. Most of the victims died at Narusawa on January 25, their second day bivouacking in the snow. Scenes set there were shot on site at exactly the same day and time, and the entire cast and crew offered a silent prayer for the victims.
See also
* Hakkda Mountains incident
* 'Mount Hakkoda (film)'
* Hakkda Mountains
References
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