is a 1983 Japanese film directed by
Koreyoshi Kurahara and starring
Ken Takakura. Its plot centers on the 1958 ill-fated
Japanese scientific expedition to the
South Pole, its dramatic rescue from the impossible weather conditions on the return journey, the relationship between the scientists and their loyal and hard-working
Sakhalin huskies, particularly the lead dogs Taro and Jiro, and fates of the 15 dogs left behind to fend for themselves.