The Walking Major ambient background
CinebyCineby
The Walking Major backdrop

The Walking Major

The Walking Major

★ 6.0/10•1970•2h 16m•Drama•War

In wartime he fought! In peactime he walked!

U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan, gambling with U.S. servicemen in order to raise funds to rebuild an orphanage. Suspicious of Allen's motives, a Japanese newsman, Hiroshi Kitabayashi, traces the American's background until he discovers the motive behind Allen's long walk.

Keith Larsen · Director

Vincent Fotre · Screenplay

Kengo Inomata · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 16m
LanguageJA
Release DateJun 6, 1970
Budget$800,000

Actors

Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō Ishihara

Kitabayashi Hiroshi

Frank Sinatra Jr.

Frank Sinatra Jr.

Jimmy Dixon

Dina Merrill

Dina Merrill

Kelly Allen

Dale Robertson

Dale Robertson

Major Clark J. Allen

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Kinugasa Tadao

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

Mother Yamada

Keith Larsen

Keith Larsen

Captain White

Linda Purl

Linda Purl

Rose Allen

Ruriko Asaoka

Ruriko Asaoka

Setsuko Takiguchi

Mayumi Nagisa

Mayumi Nagisa

village daughter

Arihiro Fujimura

Arihiro Fujimura

Frank Choe

Frankie Sakai

Frankie Sakai

Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen Hidari

Boilerman

Keith Larsen Jr.

Danny Allen

Marshie Patton

Carol White

Kinzō Shin

Kinzō Shin

Old doctor

Recommendations

Waiting for Anya
Jacknife
The Kill Team
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
The One That Got Away
Behold a Pale Horse
Taking Sides
The Scarlet and the Black
Walking with the Enemy
Cast a Giant Shadow
Battleground
Men in War
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
The Beast of War
Jarhead: Law of Return
Field of Lost Shoes
King Rat
The War Below
The Last Rifleman
The Yellow Birds

Similars

The Four Feathers
Soldier
Is Paris Burning?
G.I. Jane
Iron Eagle II
Salute to Service 2024: A Veterans Day Celebration
Catch-22
Get Carter
These Dangerous Years
We Were Soldiers
Tears of the Sun
Dirty Angels
The Air Force Story
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
The Recce
Borderless
Anflug Alpha 1
The Cured
King of the Sands
The Day the Earth Stood Still