Jet Air Base 101 (1957)
The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and the other cadets undergo intensive training under Captain Kotani, a famous pilot, but gradually begin to resent his strict leadership. A youthful story that vividly portrays the young pilots of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force who place their hopes in the sky. Japan's first full-length film about jet aviation, it was shot on location at the Hamamatsu Air Self-Defense Force Base over an extended period of time, with dozens of jets being mobilized for the filming.
Director:
Tsuneo Kobayashi
Writer:
Shin Morita
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Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as |
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Hitomi Nakahara as Reiko Suzuki |
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Ken Takakura as Jiro Nakata |
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Kenji Imai as Shuji Sato |
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Michiko Hoshi as Toshiko Sato |
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Jun Usami as Base Commander Kabashima |
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Mitsue Komiya as Miyoko |
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Akiko Kazami as Takako Kotani |
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Kenji Susukida as |
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Takashi Kanda as Ono |
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Akikane Sawa as |
| Directing | Tsuneo Kobayashi | Director |
| Writing | Shin Morita | Screenplay |
| Camera | Ichirō Hoshijima | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Hideo Motomochi | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Shuichiro Nakamura | Art Direction |
| Sound | Takio Niki | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Masanobu Otani | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Yoshiki Nagasawa | Editor |
