The story is presented as a voiced-over narrative by Arita (Takahiro Tamura), speaking long after the events of the film. In a remote army base in Manchuria, near the Soviet border, long-serving corporal Arita hates the military and looks forward to the day he may leave. Although a university graduate, he has several times deliberately failed the exam for promotion and thus remains a corporal after four years' service.
DirectorYasuzō Masumura
WritersYorichika Arima, Masatoshi Tojo, Yasuzō Masumura
Part of
Includes: Hoodlum Soldier, Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O., The Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again, The Front Line Showdown, Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom, Five Star Private, Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack, Hoodlum Soldier: Looting and Pillaging, New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
