The Walking Major (1970)
ある兵士の賭け
In wartime he fought! In peactime he walked!
U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan, gambling with U.S. servicemen in order to raise funds to rebuild an orphanage. Suspicious of Allen's motives, a Japanese newsman, Hiroshi Kitabayashi, traces the American's background until he discovers the motive behind Allen's long walk.
- Date of release
- 1970-06-06
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Keith Larsen
Casting
- Yūjirō Ishihara — Kitabayashi Hiroshi
- Frank Sinatra Jr. — Jimmy Dixon
- Dina Merrill — Kelly Allen
- Dale Robertson — Major Clark J. Allen
- Toshirō Mifune — Kinugasa Tadao
- Michiyo Aratama — Mother Yamada
- Keith Larsen — Captain White
- Linda Purl — Rose Allen
- Ruriko Asaoka — Setsuko Takiguchi
- Mayumi Nagisa — village daughter
- Arihiro Fujimura — Frank Choe
- Frankie Sakai
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