"Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia."
Ken Takakura
as Captain Tokushima
Hideji Ōtaki
as Colonel Nakabayashi
Kinya Kitaoji
as Captain Kanda
Tetsuro Tamba
as Colonel Kojima
Rentaro Mikuni
as Major Yamada
Komaki Kurihara
as Hatsuko Kanda (Captain Kanda's wife)
Akira Hamada
as Lieutenant Tanabe
Mariko Kaga
as Taeko Tokushima (Captain Tokushima's wife)
Yūzō Kayama
as Captain Kurata
Kumiko Akiyoshi
as Sawa Takiguchi (Guide)
Kenichi Kato
as Second Lieutenant Takahata
Ren Ebata
as Apprentice officer Funayama
Keiju Kobayashi
as
Takuya Fujioka
Jun Tazaki
Jun Hamamura
Gin Maeda
as Corporal Saito
Shigeru Kōyama
as Major Motomiya
Michihiro Yamanishi
as Apprentice officer Noguchi
Atom Shimojo
Eimei Esumi
as Command sergeant major Shindo
Isao Tamagawa
as Captain Okitsu
Hirokazu Inoue
as Command sergeant major Imanishi
Toshitaka Itō
as Corporal Hanada
Ken Ogata
as Corporal Murayama
Tokue Hanazawa
as Denzo Takuguchi
Yoshi Katō
as Sakuemon
Yutaka Nakano
as Apprentice officer Inoue
Makoto Ôtake
Kibaji Tankobo
as Tetsutaro Fukuzawa
Hatsuo Yamaya
as Kichihei Sawanaka
Shōgo Shimada
Michiko Ikeda
Editor
Shinobu Hashimoto
Writer
Shirō Moritani
Director
Jirô Nitta
Novel
Iwao Akune
Production Design
Toshio Takashima
Gaffer
Yoshitarō Nomura
Producer
Shotaro Yoshida
Sound
Seijiro Koyama
Assistant Director
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Yasushi Akutagawa
Original Music Composer
Daisaku Kimura
Director of Photography