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Port Arthur

Port Arthur

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 2, 1980

Runtime

3h 5m

Genres

War, Drama, History

User Score

76%

Original Title

二百三高地

Production Companies

Toei Company

Director

Toshio Masuda

Description

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.