Five Scouts [251055] Released: 1938-01-07 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 70 mins Popularity: 0.108 Vote Average: 5.9 Vote Count: 7 Overview: An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A company commander calls on five men. They are to reconnoiter, but on their way they are attacked. Only four of them return. While his companions mourn the fifth straggles back. Soon after comes the order to move out for a general attack. The men know that this time there will be no returning." (Donald Richie) Cast [13] Isamu KosugiUnit Commander O Bontarō MiakeSergeant Fujimot Ichirō IzawaPrivate Kiguchi Shirô IzomePrivate Nakamura Toshinosuke NagaoPrivate Endo Hikaru HoshiPrivate Nagano Toshimasa InouePrivate Masaki Kiyoshi WatabePrivate Inoue Mantarō UshioPrivate Tanaka Haruhiko NishiCorporal Yasuda Enji SatôMilitary doctor Ryôichi KikuchiMessenger Ryuji KitaCaptain Trailers