Billy Don't Be a Hero to ride out and seek reinforcements. (This suggests mounted infantry and a lack of modern two-way radio communications.) In the end, the heartbroken woman throws away the official letter notifying her of Billy's "heroic" death. Paper Lace's version of "Billy Don't Be a Hero" reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 16 March 1974, and did likewise in Australia, where it spent eight weeks at the top spot. Thereafter, Bo Donaldson's and the Heywoods's version reached No. 1 in the U.S. on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on 15 June 1974, but was dubbed into French for Canada. The
A Woman Called Sada Abe Matsuda. Miyashita's performance has been judged one of the best of her career, and the film has been called director Tanaka's masterpiece. "A Woman Called Sada Abe" was a major box-office success in Japan, and it has been suggested that the success of Tanaka's film caused Oshima to distribute his film internationally before releasing it in Japan. Along with the earlier "Roman Porno" film, "Wife to be Sacrificed" (1974), "A Woman Called Sada Abe" was released to an enthusiastic reception in San Francisco in 1998. j A Woman Called Sada Abe It is based on the true story of a