Unaware that the war had ended, two Japanese soldiers who had been hiding in the jungles of Guam returned home. During their sixteen years on the southern island, Japan had gone through a whirlwind of history, from defeat to reconstruction.
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Motoo Ogasawara Director · Yasushi Hiraki Cinematographer Haru Omine Editor
First release September 13, 1960 · Produced in Japan · Production TOHO
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Nihon Eiga Shinsha
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TOHO
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Original title
失われた16年
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Japanese
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Japanese
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Japan · September 13, 1960
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