| The Hoodlum Soldier | |
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| Directed by | Yasuzo Masumura |
| Written by | Yoriyoshi Arima Ryūzō Kikushima |
| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
| Starring | Shintaro Katsu Takahiro Tamura Eiko Taki Keiko Awaji Mikio Narita |
| Cinematography | Setsuo Kobayashi |
| Edited by | Tatsuji Nakashizu |
| Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto |
| Distributed by | Daiei Studio |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Hoodlum Soldier (兵隊やくざ, Heitai Yakuza) is a Japanese film directed by Yasuzo Masumura.[1] The Hoodlum Soldier was the first of a series of nine films that followed two soldiers, Kisaburo Omiya (Shintaro Katsu), a former yakuza who has become a soldier, and Arita (Takahiro Tamura), an intellectual from a good family who has deliberately failed the officer examination.[2][3]