Attack Squadron

Attack Squadron (1963)

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Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain momentum in the war is for the air force to gather its most brilliant pilots into an elite squadron and use the unit to pinpoint attacks on the Americans. Disrespected by the kamikaze pilots who think the "non-suicidal" pilots are afraid, the unit redeems itself by stunning victories. But success leads the military leaders to expect too much of the unit, and new orders portend disaster.

Director: Shūe Matsubayashi

Casts

	Toshirō Mifune as Lt. Colonel Senda
	Yūzō Kayama as Captain Shiro Taki
	Takashi Shimura as Admiral
	Yōsuke Natsuki as Captain Nobuo Ataka
	Makoto Satō as Teppei Yano
	Yuriko Hoshi as Miyako Tamai
	Ryō Ikebe as Major Mihara
	Kiyoshi Atsumi as Petty Officer Tange
	Kō Nishimura as Petty Officer Inaba
	Ichirō Nakatani as Petty Officer Nakamura
	Akihiko Hirata as Senda's Aide
	Jun Tazaki as Commander
	Seiji Miyaguchi as Onishi
	Jun Funato as Lieutenant Shimizu
	Susumu Fujita as Yamato Commander Ito
	Seizaburō Kawazu as Kosaku Aruga
	Yoshio Kosugi as Destroyer Captain
	Yoshibumi Tajima as Sailor
	Senkichi Ōmura as Transport Pilot
	Tadao Nakamaru as Special Attack Unit Officer
	Masao Shimizu as Naval General Staff Officer
	Hideo Sunazuka as Petty Officer Kobayashi
	Ren Yamamoto as Special Attack Unit Officer
	Masao Oda as Chief Accountant
	Gen Shimizu as Naval General Staff Officer
	Hisaya Ito as Captain Yagi
	Kōji Iwamoto as Petty Officer Morikami
	Yutaka Nakayama as Chief Petty Officer Omura
	Toshihiko Furuta as Petty Officer Tezuka
	Shinji Uemura as Lieutenant Terada
	Yasuhiko Saijō as Petty Officer Matsuo
	Mitsuo Tsuda as Staff Officer
	Katsumi Tezuka as Staff Officer
	Kōzō Nomura as Yamato's Duty Officer
	Kō Mishima as Duty Officer
	Shin Ōtomo as Yamato Communications Chief
	Akira Wakamatsu as Deputy Duty Officer
	Shōichi Hirose as Non-Commissioned Officer
	Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as Air Base Officer
	Yutaka Oka as Petty Officer Murakami
	Goro Kataoka as Petty Officer Tamai
	Wataru Ōmae as Machine Gunner
	Kenzo Echigo as First Officer on Transport Plane
	Hiroo Kirino as Staff Officer
	Haruo Nakajima as Pilot

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