---
title: 'The Hoodlum Soldier (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yasuzō Masumura'
released: '1965-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hoodlum-soldier-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187871/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Hoodlum Soldier (1965)

1965 · 102 min · War · Japan

Original title: 兵隊やくざ

## Synopsis

The Hoodlum Soldier  is a Japanese film directed by Yasuzo Masumura. The Hoodlum Soldier was the first of a series of nine films that followed two soldiers, Kisaburo Omiya, a former yakuza who has become a soldier, and Arita, an intellectual from a good family who has deliberately failed the officer examination.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yasuzō Masumura](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasuzo-masumura)
- **Screenplay:** [Ryūzō Kikushima](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryuzo-kikushima)
- **Producer:** [Masaichi Nagata](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaichi-nagata)
- **Director of Photography:** [Setsuo Kobayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/setsuo-kobayashi)

## Cast

- [Shintarō Katsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/shintaro-katsu)
- [Mikio Narita](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikio-narita)
- [Takahiro Tamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takahiro-tamura)
- [Keiko Awaji](https://cinepixo.com/people/keiko-awaji)
- [Eiko Taki](https://cinepixo.com/people/eiko-taki)
- [Yūzō Hayakawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuzo-hayakawa)

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