In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
Cinematography
Toyama's Hida Range shot like it's judging humanity.
Acting
Kagawa's simmering resentment could melt ice.
Director
Daisaku Kimura
Tadanobu Asano
Shibasaki
Teruyuki Kagawa
Uji
Ryuhei Matsuda
Ikuta
Aoi Miyazaki
Hatsuyo Shibazaki
Koji Yakusho
Morisaku Furuta
Toru Nakamura
Usui Kojima
Yukijiro Hotaru
Kinsaku Iwamoto
Ichiro Hashimoto
Seizaburo Yoshida
Jun Kunimura
Seiichiro Yaguchi
Akinori Ando
Yuichi Hayashi
Hirofumi Arai
Akira Ushiyama
Daisuke Honda
Mitsuaki Kiuchi
Takashi Sasano
Noriaki Okubo
Renji Ishibashi
Sakichi Ogata
Mantaro Koichi
Kinjiro Okano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Daisaku Kimura was himself a celebrated mountain photographer before filmmaking; no CGI was used for climbing sequences.
The 1907 Tateyama expedition this fictionalizes occurred during Japan's rush to 'complete' its map before Western rivals—a nationalist anxiety barely spoken aloud in the film.
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