Mount Hakkoda (film)

Mt. Hakkoda , Hakkdasan? is a 1977 Japanese film directed by Shir Moritani. Based on the novelist Jir Nittas recounting of the Hakkda Mountains incident, the film tells the story of two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army, consisting of 210 men, that tried to traverse Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902, in preparation for the anticipated RussoJapanese War. The film was Japans submission to the 50th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.

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