Escape at Dawn (1950)
暁の脱走
Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love with a prostitute named Harumi, she convinces him to desert the army and live with her.
- Date of release
- 1950-01-08
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Senkichi Taniguchi
Casting
- Ryō Ikebe — Mikami
- Yoshiko Yamaguchi — Harumi
- Eitarō Ozawa — Adjutant
- Hajime Izu — Oda
- Haruo Tanaka — Noro
- Setsuko Wakayama — Kaoru
- Kan Yanagiya — Yamamoto
- Yuzaburo Shimada — Kojima
- Ko Yamamuro — Kuwashima
- Harue Tone — Yuri
- Mitsue Tachibana — Keiko
- Taizō Fukami — Tachibana
Interesting facts
Escape at Dawn is a 1950 Japanese anti-war film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi. Co-written by Taniguchi and Akira Kurosawa, the film is based on Story of a Prostitute by Taijiro Tamura. The film revolves around a tragic affair between a soldier involved in the Manchurian campaign and a prostitute.
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