A historical epic that powerfully depicts the historical facts of the Russo-Japanese War, which broke out in 1904, and the lives of the people involved. A star-studded cast came together, and the theme song "Sakimori no Uta" by Masashi Sada moved the hearts of everyone. [Cast] Tatsuya Nakadai, Akihiko Aoi, Kenji Niinuma, Masayuki Yuhara, Makoto Sato, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Akio Hasegawa, Yoshio Inaba, Katsutoshi Arai, Jiro Yabuki, Jun Funato, Torahiko Hamada, Hiroshi Kondo, Ichiro Izawa, Isao Tamagawa, Hiroshi Nawa, Hisashi Yokomori, Akio Muto, Akira Hamada, Michio Minami, Koichi Kitamura, Shiro Kimura, Hirohisa Nakata, Hiroshi Minami, Jiro Kawarazaki, Yoshio Ichikawa, Koichi Yamada, Kenji Isomura, Gozo Soma, Tadashi Takatsuki, Tatsuya Kameyama, Teruo Shimizu, Shinsuke Kirihara, Chikara Harada, Akira Kuji, Satoshi Akiyama, Yoshinobu Kaneko, Hisaya Morishige, Shigeru Amachi, Shigeru Koyama, Akihiko Hirata, Go Wakabayashi, Motoo Noguchi, Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama, Nobuo Kawai, Rizo Kudo, Ken Sudo, Masahiro Yoshihara, Kin'ya Aikawa, Masako Natsume, Yoko Nogiwa, Shoichi Kuwayama, Harue Akagi, Kiyoto Harada, Sanae Kobayashi, Hiroshi Hijikata, Kinuko Obata, Genji Kawai, Ryo Suga, Masashi Ishibashi, Kunio Murai, Junichi Hayakawa, Shinnosuke Ogata, Yoshiro Aoki, Toshiro Mifune, Kayo Matsuo, Tetsuro Tamba [Staff] Director: Toshio Masuda Planning: Kiyoshi Koda, Kanji Amao, Koji Ota, Tsuneo Seto Screenplay: Kazuo Kasahara Cinematography: Masahiko Iimura Music Director/Conductor: Naozumi Yamomoto Theme Song "Sakimori no Uta" / Lyrics, Composition, and Performance: Masashi Sada [Release Date] August 1980