Five Scouts
6.2
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, a five-man reconnaissance unit is dispatched to scout enemy positions in a volatile territory. After a sudden and intense firefight, the group is separated, leaving the survivors to wait in agonizing suspense at their outpost.
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Cast
19 people
Isamu Kosugi
Unit Commander Okada
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Earth
Bontarō Miake
Sergeant Fujimoto
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Sansho the Bailiff
Street of Shame
Yoshirô Aramaki
Tomotaka Tasaka
Saburô Isayama
Ichirō Izawa
Private Kiguchi
Known for
Three Outlaw Samurai
Takashi Matsuyama
Known for
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Uzumaki
Shirô Izome
Private Nakamura
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A Pebble by the Wayside
Submarine Number One
Tatsuo Hirabayashi
Toshinosuke Nagao
Private Endo
Known for
A Hen in the Wind
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Hikaru Hoshi
Private Nagano
Known for
Fires on the Plain
Floating Weeds
Toshimasa Inoue
Private Masaki
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A Pebble by the Wayside
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Tomotaka Tasaka Director · Yoshirō Aramaki Screenplay Saburō Isayama Cinematographer
First release January 7, 1938 · Produced in Japan · Original title 五人の斥候兵
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
五人の斥候兵
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 7, 1938
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
January 11, 1939
Italy
August 15, 1938 · Venice Film Festival
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