The Thick-Walled Room (壁あつき部屋) 68 years old

The Thick-Walled Room

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

Credits

The Thick-Walled Room Cast

Name Character
Tatsuya Nakadai He was 23, now 91 years old
Koji Mitsui was 16, 5 years old when died
Ryōhei Uchida He was 77, 58 years old when he died
Kinzô Shin He was 46, 78 years old when he died
Ryuji Kita He was 51, 67 years old when he died
Torahiko Hamada He was 37, 90 years old when he died as Yamashita
Keiko Kishi She was 24, now 92 years old as Yamashita's sister
Yūnosuke Itō He was 37, 60 years old when he died
Tomio Aoki He was 33, 80 years old when he died
Toshiko Kobayashi She was 24, 84 years old when she died as Yamashita's sister
Shozo Suzuki
Takeshi Kato He was 14, 39 years old when he died
Asao Sano He was 31, now 99 years old
Norikazu Takeda
Jun Tanizaki
Hiroshi Hayashi He was 51, 66 years old when he died
Eiko Takamatsu She was 63, now 131 years old
Toshio Shimamura
Yûko Mochizuki She was 39, 60 years old when she died
Akifumi Inoue
Jun Yokoyama He was 28, now 96 years old
Ko Mishima He was 29, now 97 years old as Yamashita's sister
Binnosuke Nagao

The Thick-Walled Room Crew

Name Department
Kōbō Abe as Screenplay. He was 32 (68) years old when He died Writing
Takeshi Ogura as Producer. He was 15 (now 52) years old Production
Kazui Nihonmatsu as Assistant Director. He was 34 (now 102) years old Directing
Hiroshi Kusuda as Director of Photography. He was 40 (92) years old when He died Camera
Ryozo Toyoshima as Lighting Artist. Lighting
Kimihiko Nakamura as Art Direction. Art
The Thick-Walled Room poster
The Thick-Walled Room (68 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, October 31, 1956
  • Runtime: 110 minutes