Oath on the Burning Sands

Name: Oath on the Burning Sands
Director: Kunio Watanabe
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1940-12-25
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Ureo Egawa, Aiko Satomi, Sachiko Mitani

1940

2h 4m

Drama War

Director: Kunio Watanabe

Writers: Chiio Kimura, Kunio Watanabe

Overview

A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful Chinese woman (Ri) aside if he is to succeed at building a highway through the "bandit"- (aka anti-Japanese militia-) infested hinterlands.