Rabble Tactics

Rabble Tactics

1963 · 91 min · ★ 9.5 · War, Drama

The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf from the door. The farmers are recruited in groups of fifteen. In Yaju's village, there are only twelve men, so they press Oto, who looks more like a boy than a girl, to join, disguised as a man.

Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro · Written by Hideo Oguni

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