Vacuum Zone

Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn about Kitani's past and reasons behind his prison sentence.

Drama

Isao Kimura

(Private Riichiro Kitani)

Takashi Kanda

(Troop Commander Mine)

Yoshi Katō

(Lieutenant Hayashi)

Tsutomu Shimomoto

(Private Soda)

Masao Mishima

(Warrant Officer Tatsuzawa)

Eiji Okada

(Second Lieutenant Okamoto)

Harue Tone

(Hanae)

Toshio Takahara

(Private Some)

Nobuo Kaneko

(Sergeant Kaneko)

Kō Nishimura

(Sergeant Osumi)

Yōichi Numata

(Duty Officer of the week)

Asao Sano

(Private First Class Jino)

Isao Numasaki

(Hikoza)

Kiyoshi Nonomura

(Private Uchimura)

Kenji Susukida

(Uchimura's father)

Tokue Hanazawa

(Private Hiroi)

Bunpei Takeuchi

(Private Seko)

Kō Mishima

(Private Anzai)

Masami Shimojō

(Private Tsuchiya)

Hisashi Imahashi

Kōichi Hayashi

Kunihiko Shiihara

Tadashi Minamikawa

鈴木茂

Koji Kiyomura

(Private Hashimoto)

髙本克彦

Chizo Kurata

北原繁

田中昭夫

Kazuya Oguri

(Private Sano)

稲村勉

Kōshirō Harada

Kotaro Tomita

Yutaka Fukuda

笠井渉三

Hajime Kubo

Fumio Ōmachi

愚利三平

未田一博

阪田悌郎

Kyōsuke Maki

Akira Tani

(Private Ishikawa)

内田礼子