The Thick-Walled Room
A somber, introspective examination of scapegoated soldiers grappling with collective guilt and national responsibility in post-war Japan.
A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
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