March in the Snow

On 23 January 1902, a regiment of 210 Imperial Japanese Army soldiers left the city of Aomori in northern Japan where they were stationed and marched on the Hakkoda Mountains en route to Tashiro Hot Spring. While still on the mountain, after a sudden change of weather the expedition was struck by a fierce blizzard which resulted in the death of 199. This tragic event is known as the Hakkoda-san Sonan Jiken (Hakkoda Mountains incident) and is considered to be the world's largest mountaineering disaster in the modern history of the mountain climbing. In February, Ii Yoho, one of the leading exponents of the shinpa theatre (literally new school drama, a Western-style Japanese theatre), and his troupe quickly adapted for the stage the Hakkoda incident at the Masago-za theatre in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. According to Japanese film critic Sato Tadao, following the great success of the play, a film version, known as SECCHU KOGUN (March in the Snow), was immediately produced by the cinematographer Tsuchiya Tsuneji. (Source: eiga9.altervista.org) Edit Translation

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