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title: 'The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kōzaburō Yoshimura'
released: '1940-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-legend-of-tank-commander-nishizumi-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032844/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi (1940)

1940 · Drama, War · Japan

Original title: 西住戦車長伝

## Synopsis

The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi , a.k.a. The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi, is a 1940 Japanese war film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. It is based on a true story of the Sino-Japanese War involving Japanese war hero Kojirō Nishizumi, commander in the First Tank Regiment. To make the film, Yoshimura toured the actual battlefields in China.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kōzaburō Yoshimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/kozaburo-yoshimura)

## Cast

- [Takao Saito](https://cinepixo.com/people/takao-saito)
- [Michiko Kuwano](https://cinepixo.com/people/michiko-kuwano)
- [Chishū Ryū](https://cinepixo.com/people/chishu-ryu)
- [Takeshi Sakamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-sakamoto)
- [Ken Uehara](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-uehara)
- [Shin Saburi](https://cinepixo.com/people/shin-saburi)

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