Seeking A Movie With An Unknown Title

[Voorhees.Scott at epamail.epa.gov]

I'm wondering if anyone happens to know the title and director of a
Japanese film about which I have embarrassingly little information. It's
the story of Japanese soldiers (World War II?) in northern Japan (Aomori
Prefecture, I believe) on some sort of training mission, forced to march
through heavy snows. Ultimately most of the group succumbs to the
bitterly cold conditions. It MIGHT star Mifune. The film is at least 10
years old. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Scott Voorhees