Summary: Hiroshi Shimizu's government-pressured, militarism-era film A Star Athlete is a breezy, refreshingly lighthearted, and subtly subversive slice-of-life comedy that centers on an all-day student march in formation and armed combat drills through the rural countryside for military training exercises.... (Strictly Film School)

AKA: Hanagata senshu

Country: Japan

Directed By: Hiroshi Shimizu

Starring: Chishu Ryu, Shûji Sano

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