Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.

• 仲代達矢
• Teruhiko Aoi
• Kenji Niinuma
• Masayuki Yuhara
• Makoto Satō
• 永島敏行
• Akio Hasegawa
• Yoshio Inaba
• Katsutoshi Atarashi
• Jirô Chiba