Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow (1971) featured a cast of 35 tracked actors. Of these, 9 (29%) are still alive today and 22 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Kōji Takahashi, age 91. This film starred Osamu Takizawa and Shinsuke Ashida.
29% still with us· verified cast26% of full cast · incl. 3 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 29% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 74.7 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast35 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 1971 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Osamu Takizawa Yusuke Godai | Yusuke Godai | Deceased | 13/11/1906 | 93 | 22/06/2000 | 65 |
 Shinsuke Ashida Keisuke Godai | Keisuke Godai | Deceased | 14/03/1917 | 81 | 09/01/1999 | 54 |
 Ruriko Asaoka Yukiko Godai | Yukiko Godai | Living | 02/07/1940 | 86 | — | 31 |
 Etsushi Takahashi Eisuke Godai | Eisuke Godai | Deceased | 02/08/1935 | 60 | 19/05/1996 | 36 |
 Nakamura Kanzaburo Shunsuke Godai | Shunsuke Godai | Deceased | 30/05/1955 | 57 | 05/12/2012 | 16 |
 Sayuri Yoshinaga Yoriko Godai | Yoriko Godai | Living | 13/03/1945 | 81 | — | 26 |
 Kei Yamamoto Kohei Shimegi | Kohei Shimegi | Deceased | 01/07/1940 | 81 | 31/03/2022 | 31 |
 Mitsuko Mito Otaki | Otaki | Deceased | 23/03/1919 | 62 | 05/04/1981 | 52 |
 Hideki Takahashi Shintaro Tsuge | Shintaro Tsuge | Living | 10/02/1944 | 82 | — | 27 |
 Yūjirō Ishihara Shinozaki Ryoki | Shinozaki Ryoki | Deceased | 28/12/1934 | 52 | 17/07/1987 | 37 |
 Rentaro Mikuni Shigata Komijiro | Shigata Komijiro | Deceased | 20/01/1923 | 90 | 14/04/2013 | 48 |
 Kōji Takahashi Masanori Takanata | Masanori Takanata | Living | 10/06/1935 | 91 | — | 36 |
 Gō Katō Tatsuo Hattori | Tatsuo Hattori | Deceased | 04/02/1938 | 80 | 18/06/2018 | 33 |
 Yoshiko Sakuma Atsuko Sato | Atsuko Sato | Living | 24/02/1939 | 87 | — | 32 |
 Komaki Kurihara Cho Zuiho | Cho Zuiho | Living | 14/03/1945 | 81 | — | 26 |
| Deceased | 25/01/1923 | 74 | 29/04/1997 | 48 | ||
 Takeo Chii Xu Zailin | Xu Zailin | Deceased | 05/05/1942 | 70 | 29/06/2012 | 29 |
 Gaku Yamamoto Haku Eisho | Haku Eisho | Living | 03/01/1937 | 89 | — | 34 |
 Kyôko Kishida Sanko Otori | Sanko Otori | Deceased | 29/04/1930 | 76 | 17/12/2006 | 41 |
 Ken Hatano Takei Hiromichi | Takei Hiromichi | Deceased | 06/07/1931 | 57 | 13/01/1989 | 40 |
 Zenji Yamada Shokichi Umetani | Shokichi Umetani | Presumed Deceased | 17/07/1914 | 112 | — | 57 |
 Masako Izumi Kuni Umetani | Kuni Umetani | Deceased | 31/07/1947 | 77 | 09/07/2025 | 24 |
Nobutada Iwasaki Cho Ennen | Cho Ennen | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Shin Tatsuoka Cho Daifuku | Cho Daifuku | Deceased | 16/12/1904 | 78 | 15/10/1983 | 67 |
Natsue Kimura Min-buk | Min-buk | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Shinjirō Ehara Haiyama | Haiyama | Deceased | 12/10/1936 | 85 | 27/09/2022 | 35 |
 Kōji Nanbara Shiro Jinnai | Shiro Jinnai | Deceased | 07/06/1927 | 74 | 20/12/2001 | 44 |
 Kazunaga Tsuji Raita Oshio | Raita Oshio | Deceased | 09/02/1944 | 77 | 18/08/2021 | 27 |
 Hisashi Igawa Park | Park | Living | 17/11/1936 | 89 | — | 35 |
Masaaki Maeda Liang Ensheng | Liang Ensheng | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Ulf Otsuki Ivanov | Ivanov | Deceased | 27/08/1934 | 86 | 24/08/2021 | 37 |
 Isao Tamagawa Saburo Aizawa | Saburo Aizawa | Deceased | 11/01/1922 | 81 | 01/01/2004 | 49 |
 Jūkei Fujioka Seishirō Itagaki | Seishirō Itagaki | Deceased | 19/11/1933 | 57 | 23/07/1991 | 38 |
Shin Saito Shimazu | Shimazu | Living | 19/10/1943 | 82 | — | 28 |
 Mizuho Suzuki Narrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) | Deceased | 23/10/1927 | 96 | 19/11/2023 | 44 |
