Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once was the military band. Kosugi must somehow prepare his inept soldiers for the rigors of combat.
| Directing | Kihachi Okamoto | Director |
| Camera | Rokurô Nishigaki | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Kihachi Okamoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Susumu Saji | Screenplay |
| Production | Toshirō Mifune | Associate Producer |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
| Editing | Yoshitami Kuroiwa | Editor |
| Art | Iwao Akune | Production Design |
| Sound | Yoshio Nishikawa | Sound |