Five Scouts
1938, Japanese. Directed by Tomotaka Tasaka.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, a five-man reconnaissance unit is dispatched to scout enemy positions in a volatile territory. After a sudden and intense firefight, the group is separated, leaving the survivors to wait in agonizing suspense at their outpost.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Tomotaka TasakaDirector
- Isamu KosugiUnit Commander Okada
- Bontarō MiakeSergeant Fujimoto
- Ichirō IzawaPrivate Kiguchi
- Shirô IzomePrivate Nakamura
- Toshinosuke NagaoPrivate Endo
- Hikaru HoshiPrivate Nagano
- Toshimasa InouePrivate Masaki
- Kiyoshi WatabePrivate Inoue
- Mantarō UshioPrivate Tanaka
- Haruhiko NishiCorporal Yasuda
- Enji SatôMilitary doctor
- Ryôichi KikuchiMessenger
Details
- Released
- 7 January 1938
- Original title
- 五人の斥候兵
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Yoshirō Aramaki
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Five Scouts runs 70 minutes (1h 10m).
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Five Scouts isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 January 1938. (Checked 7 November 2026.)
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Who directed Five Scouts?
Five Scouts (1938) was directed by Tomotaka Tasaka and stars Isamu Kosugi, Bontarō Miake, Ichirō Izawa.