Character Relationship Map: Five Scouts

Characters

• Unit Commander Okada (played by Isamu Kosugi) — protagonist
• Sergeant Fujimoto (played by Bontarō Miake) — supporting
• Private Kiguchi (played by Ichirō Izawa) — supporting
• Private Endo (played by Toshinosuke Nagao) — supporting
• Private Nagano (played by Hikaru Hoshi) — supporting
• Private Nakamura (played by Shirô Izome) — supporting
• Private Tanaka (played by Mantarō Ushio) — supporting
• Military doctor (played by Enji Satô) — supporting
• Private Masaki (played by Toshimasa Inoue) — supporting
• Private Inoue (played by Kiyoshi Watabe) — supporting
• Corporal Yasuda (played by Haruhiko Nishi) — supporting
• Captain (played by Ryuji Kita) — minor
• Messenger (played by Ryôichi Kikuchi) — minor

Story Analysis

A wartime patrol faces near-certain death, loss, and renewed duty.

Plot Progression

1. Suicidal Assignment
2. Ambush and Separation
3. Mourning and Miracle
4. March to Uncertain Fate