The Battle of Port Arthur

The Battle of Port Arthur (Japanese: 二百三高地, Hepburn: Ni hyaku san kochi) is a 1980 Japanese war film directed by Toshio Masuda.[1][2][3] The Japanese title "Ni hyaku san kochi" means Hill 203.[4] The film depicts the fiercest battles at Hill 203 in the Siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War 1904 - 1905.[3][5][6][7][8][9][10]

The Battle of Port Arthur
Directed byToshio Masuda
Screenplay byKazuo Kasahara
Starring
Narrated byTaketoshi Naitō
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Production
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Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • August 2, 1980 (1980-08-02) (Japan)
Running time
185 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Cast

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Staff

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  • Planning: Kiyoshi Koda, Kanji Amao, Hiroko Ota, Tsuneo Seto
  • Screenplay: Kazuo Kasahara
  • Photography: Masahiko Iimura
  • Special Effects Director: Akinori Nakano
  • Sound Recordist: Hiroyoshi Sokata
  • Lighting: Shigeru Umeya
  • Production Designer: Hiroshi Kitagawa
  • Chief Assistant Director: Akinori Baba
  • Editor: Kiyoaki Saito
  • Sound Effects: Ryuzo Iwafuji
  • Record: Shigeko Katsuhara
  • Mito: Shinosuke Ogata
  • Device: Shigeharu Yasawa
  • Decoration: Yasuji Igarashi
  • Special Effects: Ohira SFX
  • Acting office: Mitsuo Yamada
  • Cosmetics: Mamoru Inoue, Kinue Suetake
  • Beauty: Takako Miyajima
  • Costume: Fukusaki Seigo
  • Tattoo: Ryoji Kasumi
  • Advertiser: Shun Sakamoto, Hachio Yamamoto
  • Stills Photography: Mitsuo Kato
  • Russian Language Instructor: Mariko Nabeya
  • Dialect guidance: Kazuya Takeo, Kenji Isomura

SFX Unit

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Photography: Takao Tsurumi Lighting: Masakuni Morimoto Art Director: Yasuyuki Inoue Optical Photography: Takeshi Miyanishi Animation Produced by: Toei Animation Film Processing: Toei Labotech Chief of Operations: Michio Ishikawa

Music Recording Staff

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Directed and Conducted by: Naozumi Yamamoto Music: Akihiko Takashima Performed by: New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Produced by: Free Flight Records, Oz Music Released Thru: Warner Pioneer

Special Thanks

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Narrator: Taketoshi Naito

Planning Cooperation

Costume production

  • Tokyo costume Cooperation
  • Oshima Onsen Hotel
  • Fujita Tourism Oshima Kowakien
  • Oshima Town Hall
  • Oshima Branch of Tokyo
  • Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd.
  • Book Publishing Edition
  • Photo Book Russo-Japanese War
  • Chuo Nogikai
  • Nogi Shrine
  • Group Himawari
  • Toei Actor Center

Produced in Association with

  • Toho Eizo Art

Honors

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Japan Academy Film Prize

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23rd Blue Ribbon Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "二百三高地とは". kotobank. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ^ "二百三高地". アマゾン. 21 December 2003. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "二百三高地". 映倫. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  4. ^ "二百三高地". Agency for Cultural Affairs日本映画情報. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. ^ "二百三高地". 映画. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  6. ^ "公開から40年『二百三高地』丸の内TOEIでデジタル上映決定". シネマトゥディ. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  7. ^ "仲代達矢主演『二百三高地』丸の内TOEIで限定公開へ 40年の時を経て初のデジタル上映". リアルサウンド. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  8. ^ "二百三高地". ザテレビジョン. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. ^ "203kochi". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  10. ^ "草刈正雄は丹波哲郎の後継者だ". 文春オンライン. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
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