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. The Japanese title "Ni hyaku san kochi" means Hill 203. The film depicts the fiercest battles at Hill 203 in the Siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War 1904 - 1905.

Cast

Staff

  • 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

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

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

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

Japan Academy Film Prize

23rd Blue Ribbon Awards

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