Destroyer Yukikaze (1964)
Yutaro Kida, a worker at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, volunteers for the navy but finds himself a cook's mate in the galley of a gunboat. But his dream is eventually realized when he is transferred to the new and powerful destroyer Yukikaze which he helped to build. When the Pacific War breaks out Yukikaze performs valiantly in the South Pacific, and while on shore leave, Kida meets and falls in love with Yukiko, younger sister of his commander.
Director:
Tatsuo Yamada
Writers:
Kenichi Ohashi, Yasuhiro Tokura.
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Isamu Nagato as Yutaro Kida |
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Shima Iwashita as Yukiko Tejima |
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Teruo Yoshida as |
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Homare Suguro as Yuji Kida |
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Shinichirō Mikami as |
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Bunta Sugawara as |
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Kōji Matsubara as |
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Kumeko Urabe as |
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Kinuko Obata as Kunie Tejima |
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Shinsuke Mikimoto as |
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Ken Sudo as |
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Keijirō Morozumi as |
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Hiroshi Aoyama as |
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Ken Mishima as |
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Hideo Hongo as |
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Yukari Uehara as |
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Kan Yanagiya as |
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Zenichi Inagawa as |
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Shoji Sayama as |
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Hiroyuki Wachi as |
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Akira Yamanouchi as |
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Tetsuro Tamba as |
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Takayuki Akutagawa as Narrator (voice) |
| Writing | Kenichi Ohashi | Screenplay |
| Directing | Tatsuo Yamada | Director |
| Editing | Shin Nagata | Editor |
| Writing | Yasuhiro Tokura | Screenplay |
| Camera | Shigeo Itabashi | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Yasushi Mori | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Haruyasu Kurosawa | Art Direction |
| Production | Masao Shirai | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hiroshige Sano | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Yasuharu Tanaka | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Takeharu Yamamoto | Music Director |