Wasted Land (2009)★ 7.6/10
- Drama
Directed by: Kensaku Sawada, Shin Hirano, Naruhide Mizuta
Written by: Atsuko Hashibe, Toyoko Yamasaki
Former military leader Iki Tadashi spent 11 years in a Siberian labor camp as a Soviet war criminal prisoner. Upon release, he returns to Japan, declines a defense job offer, and vows never to engage in war again, seeking civilian work.
- Original title
- Wasted Land
- Storyline
- Iki Tadashi is a military leader who was captured by the Soviets during World War II. Treated as a war criminal, he was sentenced to many years of labor in a harsh Siberian detention camp. After 11 years of imprisonment, he is released. He returns to Japan and begins readjusting to life as a civilian, rejecting an offer from his former colleague to work on a defense project. Tadashi has decided to never involve himself in war again, much to the joy of his family. Instead, he attempts to set off on a new path working at a major trading company.
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 129
- Companies
- Fuji Television Network (Fuji TV), Netflix
- Release dates
- JP October 15, 2009