Hakkoda Mountain

In the 34th year of Meiji (1901), the international situation was turbulent, and the Russo-Japanese War was about to break out. In order to cope with the harsh environment of fighting in the cold zone, the top Japanese Army decided to conduct an exercise and set the location of the exercise in the towering, steep, frigid and icy Hakkoda Mountains. The exercise team is divided into two teams, led by Captain Tokushima (played by Takakura Ken) of Hirosaki's 31st company and Captain Kanda (played by Kitaoji Kinya) of Aomori's 5th company. Tokushima had rich experience in snowfield marches. He and Kanda carefully studied the march route and agreed to meet at the destination. However, Kanda's boss, Yamada Shao (played by Rintaro Mikuni), was obsessed with defeating the friendly forces. He not only expanded the number of marchers without authorization, but also rudely disrupted the planned plan. His men led the 5th company to the death... This film is adapted from the novel "Hakkoda Mountain Death Wandering" by Jiro Nitta.