The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze (1968)
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely demanding, harsh training, and once they finally become pilots, they must become suicide bombers and give their lives for their homeland.
Director:
Shinji Murayama
Writer:
Katsuya Susaki
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Koji Tsuruta as |
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Teruhiko Saigō as |
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Tatsuo Umemiya as |
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Sonny Chiba as |
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Sumiko Fuji as |
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Reiko Ōhara as |
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Yuki Jōno as |
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Hayato Tani as |
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Hiroyuki Ôta as |
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Kenichi Sakuragi as |
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Jun Nagasawa as |
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Jūzō Itami as |
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Harumi Sone as |
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Hideo Murota as |
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Shingo Yamashiro as |
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Sadako Sawamura as |
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Masumi Harukawa as |
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Michiko Araki as |
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Michirō Minami as |
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Shinsuke Mikimoto as |
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Kenji Ushio as |
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Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama as |
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Koji Takishima as |
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Toshitaka Itō as |
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Nenji Kobayashi as |
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Jiro Tsuruga as |
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Takashi Hio as |
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Masaya Takahashi as Narrator (voice) |
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Ryō Ikebe as |
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Tetsuro Tamba as |
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Junzaburō Ban as |
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Ippei Kawashima as |
| Production | Hiroshi Okawa | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Katsuya Susaki | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Yasunojo Kawasaki | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Shuichiro Nakamura | Art Direction |
| Editing | Osamu Tanaka | Editor |
| Directing | Shinji Murayama | Director |
| Camera | Hanjirō Nakazawa | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Masuhiro Hirokami | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Atsushi Mihori | Assistant Director |
