在这部老兵常谈剧情/战争片中,監督、篠崎誠は63年東京生まれ。都内の映画館で映画技師をしながら映画ライターとしても活動し、96年「おかえり」で劇場映画監督デビュー。北野武監督「菊次郎の夏」のドキュメンタリーを経て本作が劇場映画第2作。老人3人を演じるのは、黒沢明や成瀬巳喜男ら巨匠の作品に出演してきた三橋達也、松竹の二枚目スターを経て東映やくざ映画でも活躍した大木実、小津映画の名子役として知られる青木富夫。日本映画史を生きた面々だ。
The story of 3 Men who served together in the Japanese Imperial Army during WWII. The story is told in flashbacks from modern day Japan to scenes on the island they are defending. In modern Japan, one of the men falls in love with a woman who is being deceived and victimized by a cult to get her money. After her suicide, he takes drastic action that forces his comrades in arms to avenge his death against the cult's headquarters. A fine subplot with a young neighbor boy helps drive home the point of the deep scars still carried by survivors of the war.
