Who is Kiguchi from Deep River and what is their importance?

Kiguchi is a Japanese veteran of World War II. During the war, he fights in Burma. The campaign he is in is a failure, and Kiguchi must travel to safety down a road known as the Highway of Death. It is littered with the corpses of soldiers, and soldiers who are fallen and dying. Maggots consume the bodies. The soldiers who have not fallen are without food, and many are ill.